gatekeeping-role

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
25-6125 Sylvia Olivas, aka Sylvia Lee Gavaldon v. United States Ninth Circuit 2025-11-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP dual-role-testimony evidence-admissibility expert-witness gatekeeping-role rule-403 rule-702 A witness who testifies as a lay witness offering either factual testimony and/or lay opinion testimony and also testifies as an expert offering exper…
19-7640 Phillip Auston Carrier v. Billy Romero, Warden Eleventh Circuit 2020-02-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2255 appellate-review congress-intent consent constitutional-law federal-appellate-court federal-prosecutor federal-prosecutor-consent gatekeeping-role gatekeeping-standard habeas-corpus habeas-corpus-2255-motion prosecutorial-consent second-or-successive-petition second-petition section-2255 Whether the remedy by motion authorized by 28 U.S.C. §2255(h)(2) is rendered inadequate or ineffective