evidence-destruction
17 cases — ← All topics
| Case | Title | Lower Court | Docketed | Status | Flags | Tags | Question Presented |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24-883 | Molly Vogt, as Trustee for the Heirs and Next of Kin of Joshua Vogt, Deceased v. CO Robert Anderson, et al. | Eighth Circuit | 2025-02-18 | Denied | Amici (3) | adverse-inference circuit-split civil-procedure evidence-destruction spoliation summary-judgment | When a party destroys evidence "with the intent to deprive another party of the information's use in the litigation," Federal Rule of Civil Procedure … |
| 24-5378 | Mitchell Danyell Banks v. United States | Fourth Circuit | 2024-08-23 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | alford-plea drug-conspiracy due-process evidence-destruction expert-testimony fundamental-fairness | Is expert testimony as to drugs, which were destroyed pursuant to a Court order following the defendant's Alford Plea in a state case, a violation of … |
| 22-35 | Yufan Zhang v. UnitedHealth Group, et al. | Eighth Circuit | 2022-07-12 | Denied | Response WaivedRelisted (2) | 14th-amendment arbitration burden-of-proof due-process employment-termination equal-protection evidence-destruction intellectual-property | In this case, the evidence Zhang used to have as proof of his claims was taken away and destroyed by UnitedHealth Group at time Zhang was fired becaus… |
| 21-6519 | Jesse Driskill v. Missouri | Missouri | 2021-12-06 | Denied | IFP | brady-violation brady-violations constitutional-claims constitutional-review due-process evidence-destruction factual-findings independent-review prosecutorial-misconduct state-misconduct witness-testimony | I. Whether Missouri's verbatim adoption of the prosecution's factually deficient findings without independent review – contrary to Jefferson v. Upton,… |
| 21-5820 | Hector Manuel Bossio v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2021-09-29 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | civil-rights due-process evidence-destruction federal-jurisdiction silver-platter witness-intimidation | Question not identified. |
| 20-7435 | Steven G. Knickerbocker v. Wisconsin, et al. | Seventh Circuit | 2021-03-11 | Denied | IFP | civil-rights constitutional-violation cruel-and-unusual-punishment cruel-punishment due-process evidence-destruction excessive-force federal-crime judicial-misconduct law-enforcement-misconduct medical-care | VIOLATING Federal law, then sever beating Knickerbocker in a cell, by Sgt Wilson and 6 deputies, in Outagamie jail. Judge Vincent R. Biskupic had me b… |
| 20-7423 | Jose Jesus Cruz v. United States | Tenth Circuit | 2021-03-11 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 4th-amendment destruction-of-evidence evidence-destruction exigent-circumstances fourth-amendment law-enforcement probable-cause reasonable-suspicion search-and-seizure | 1. Is it reasonable for law enforcement to enter a suspect's home under the exigent circumstances (fear of imminent destruction of evidence) exception… |
| 20-6890 | Chong Leng Lee v. Wisconsin | Wisconsin | 2021-01-14 | Denied | Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP | appellate-rights brady-violation court-reporter-act criminal-procedure dismissal due-process evidence-destruction fair-trial transcripts | 1. IS DISMISSAL AVAILABLE TO REMEDY A BRADY VIOLATION AND ALSO DID CHONG ESTABLISH A BRADY VIOLATION THAT WARRANTS DISMISSAL? 2. DOES A YOUNGBLOOD VI… |
| 20-669 | Billy John Bell v. Texas | Texas | 2020-11-16 | Denied | Response RequestedRelisted (2) | bad-faith due-process evidence-destruction exculpatory-evidence material-evidence material-exculpatory state-destruction trombetta trombetta-test youngblood youngblood-standard | In 2016, Petitioner Billy John Bell was indicted for crimes against a child sixteen years after the time of alleged incidents, dated between 1998 and … |
| 20-5623 | Maksim Stefanyuk v. United States | Eighth Circuit | 2020-09-09 | Denied | Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP | brady-rule criminal-procedure due-process evidence evidence-destruction exculpatory-evidence government-misconduct spoliation trial-rights | When a defendant in Federal Criminal Court proceedings requests to review, prior to trial, the evidence that is in the government's possession that is… |
| 19-8362 | Henry M. Mitchell, Jr. v. California | California | 2020-04-26 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | bad-faith constitutional-rights criminal-procedure cross-examination due-process evidence-destruction police-misconduct | WHETHER THE POLICE MAY RELY OF UNSUBSTANTIATED EVIDENCE TO ABSOLVE THEM OF BAD FAITH INTENTIONAL DESTRUCTION OF POTENTIALLY USEFUL EVIDENCE? WHETHE… |
| 19-8021 | Henry L. Jackson v. Utah, et al. | Tenth Circuit | 2020-03-17 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | destruction-of-evidence due-process equal-protection evidence evidence-destruction fair-trial fourteenth-amendment jury-selection peremptory-challenge vehicle | Issue 1: DESTRUCTION of EVIDENCE Whether the state violated petitioner's Fourteenth Amendment right to due process and a fair trial when it released p… |
| 19-6322 | Kelvin Miles v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections | Eleventh Circuit | 2019-10-22 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | alleyne alleyne-vs-united-states apprendi confrontation confrontation-clause constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidence evidence-destruction fair-trial hearsay sentencing sentencing-enhancement sentencing-factors | 1. DID THE PRE-TRIAL DESTRUCTION OF EVIDENCE BY THE STATE DENY THE PETITIONER HIS RIGHT TO DUE PROCESS AND A FAIR TRIAL, THUS DENYING HIM THE ONLY EV… |
| 19-5980 | In Re Sang Hing Wong, Jr. | 2019-09-17 | Denied | IFP | attorney-misconduct body-worn-camera case-file civil-rights constitutional-rights discovery due-process evidence-destruction fair-hearing fair-trial prejudice | Question not identified. | |
| 18-1589 | James Doyle Collins, Jr. v. Texas | Texas | 2019-06-27 | Denied | contraband contraband-possession criminal-intent criminal-law criminal-possession criminal-procedure destruction-of-evidence due-process evidence evidence-destruction intent intentional-possession mens-rea possession possession-law statutory-interpretation | Whether the act of an accused to delete or destroy contraband constitutes a "knowing or intentional possession" of the contraband. | |
| 18-8353 | David A. Hicks v. United States | Fourth Circuit | 2019-03-08 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | brady-rule criminal-procedure due-process evidence-destruction exculpatory-evidence government-misconduct habeas-corpus spoliation-of-evidence witness-credibility | WHETHER the Government can destroy evidence a defendant has sufficient reason to believe is necessary to prove innocence in an anticipated § 2241 Moti… |
| 18-7024 | Jacques Villafana v. Harold W. Clarke, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections | Virginia | 2018-12-13 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | civil-rights constitutional-challenge destruction-of-evidence due-process evidence evidence-destruction notice notice-requirement post-trial post-trial-procedure statutory-interpretation | 1. Whether the Virginia statutes, when applied in Petitioner's case, that allow for the destruction of evidence - post-trial - without notice are unco… |