No. 25-6387

Joan Diaz Gonzalez v. United States

Lower Court: Ninth Circuit
Docketed: 2025-12-16
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: appellate-review constitutional-rights criminal-procedure de-novo-standard sixth-amendment speedy-trial
Key Terms:
FourthAmendment CriminalProcedure HabeasCorpus
Latest Conference: 2026-01-16
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether an appellate court reviews de novo or with deference a district court's determination of government diligence under the Speedy Trial Clause

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

The Sixth Amendment provides: “In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial . . . .” The question presented is: Whether an appellate court reviews de novo, or instead with considerable deference, a district court’s determination under the Speedy Trial Clause that the government was diligent in bringing the accused to trial .

Docket Entries

2026-01-20
Petition DENIED.
2025-12-31
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/16/2026.
2025-12-22
Waiver of United States of right to respond submitted.
2025-12-22
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2025-12-12
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due January 15, 2026)
2025-10-31
Application (25A499) granted by Justice Kagan extending the time to file until December 12, 2025.
2025-10-29
Application (25A499) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from November 12, 2025 to December 12, 2025, submitted to Justice Kagan.

Attorneys

Joan Diaz Gonzalez
Holt Ortiz AldenOffice of the Federal Public Defender (C.D. Cal.), Petitioner
Holt Ortiz AldenOffice of the Federal Public Defender (C.D. Cal.), Petitioner
United States
D. John SauerSolicitor General, Respondent
D. John SauerSolicitor General, Respondent