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 | Whether a jury should decide the weight of an adverse inference from the intentional destruction of evidence that could have contradicted the spoliato… |
| 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 | Whether expert testimony about destroyed drugs following an Alford Plea violates a defendant's due process rights in a subsequent federal drug conspir… |
| 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 | Whether the burden of proof with clear and convincing evidence was improperly imposed on the plaintiff |
| 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 | Whether Missouri's verbatim adoption of the prosecution's factually deficient findings without independent review fails to provide adequate due proces… |
| 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 | Whether the government's use of coercive relationships with federal agencies to obtain evidence violates the Constitution's due process and silver pla… |
| 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 | Whether the petitioner's constitutional rights were violated by the alleged physical abuse and denial of medical care while in custody |
| 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 | Is it reasonable for law enforcement to enter a suspect's home under the exigent-circumstances exception when there is no genuine exigency? |
| 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 | Is dismissal available to remedy a Brady violation and did Chong establish a Brady violation that warrants dismissal? |
| 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 | When a defendant has proven that the state has destroyed evidence that is material and exculpatory, does he bear the extra burden of proving the actio… |
| 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's requested exculpatory evidence is destroyed by the government prior to trial, should the trial proceed? |
| 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 on unsubstantiated evidence to absolve them of bad faith intentional destruction of potentially useful evidence? |
| 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 | Whether the state violated petitioner's Fourteenth Amendment right to due process and a fair trial when it released petitioner's vehicle to the lienho… |
| 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 | did-the-pre-trial-destruction-of-evidence-by-the-state-deny-the-petitioner-his-right-to-due-process-and-a-fair-trial |
| 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 | Whether the district court erred in denying petitioner's request for an order compelling the respondent to authorize the release of the body-worn came… | |
| 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 deleting or destroying contraband evidences a lack of knowing or intentional possession | |
| 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 | Whether the Virginia statutes, when applied in Petitioner's case, that allow for the destruction of evidence — post-trial — without notice are unconst… |