juror-dismissal
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| Case | Title | Lower Court | Docketed | Status | Flags | Tags | Question Presented |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25-6544 | Louis Olivarria v. California | California | 2026-01-12 | Pending | IFP | appellate-review deliberations impartial-jury juror-dismissal sixth-amendment trial-court | What standard applies when appellate courts review a trial court's dismissal of a juror during deliberations to determine whether the dismissal was ba… |
| 24-7050 | Juan Carlos Sotelo v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2025-04-22 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | due-process judicial-discretion juror-dismissal jury-selection legal-standard trial-procedure | Whether the standard for dismissing a juror based on views on the merits of the case is a 'demonstrable reality', 'any possibility', 'any reasonable p… |
| 20-6935 | Melvin Wofford v. Jeffrey Woods, Warden | Sixth Circuit | 2021-01-26 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | constitutional-question criminal-trial deliberating-juror deliberation-process judicial-discretion juror-dismissal juror-removal jury-unanimity merits-of-the-case sixth-amendment unanimous-jury-verdict | Does a trial court violate the defendant's Sixth Amendment right to a unanimous jury verdict when the record establishes a reasonable possibility that… |
| 20-6661 | Brian Keith Figge v. Scott Frauenheim, Warden | Ninth Circuit | 2020-12-18 | Denied | IFP | criminal-defendant criminal-procedure deliberation-process due-process judicial-misconduct juror-dismissal jury-deliberations jury-selection jury-trial sixth-amendment trial-by-jury | Does a trial court violate a criminal defendant's Sixth Amendment right to trial by jury when it dismisses a defense holdout juror on the third day of… |
| 20-5177 | Rolando Felix-Carrazco v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2020-07-24 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | criminal-procedure due-process evidence-sufficiency holdout-juror judicial-inquiry judicial-interference juror-dismissal jury-deliberation jury-deliberations scotus-guidance trial-court-discretion | Whether repeated questioning of jurors about a holdout juror violates Brasfield v. United States |