sting-operation
5 cases — ← All topics
| Case | Title | Lower Court | Docketed | Status | Flags | Tags | Question Presented |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24-6147 | Mohamed Osman Mohamud v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2024-12-16 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | certificate-of-appealability due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-bias sting-operation | Whether the Ninth Circuit is genuinely adhering to the Supreme Court's standard for issuing certificates of appealability or sub silentio denying them… |
| 20-8262 | Francisco Hilt and Sean Alexander v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2021-06-09 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | brady-violation criminal-procedure due-process entrapment firearms-possession impeachment-evidence informant-disclosure sting-operation | Does the government's suppression of an informant's identity and impeachment evidence in a sting operation violate Rovario v. United States, Smith v. … |
| 20-5548 | James Michael Hood v. United States | Sixth Circuit | 2020-09-01 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | criminal-justice criminal-predisposition digital-inducement digital-relationships due-process entrapment entrapment-defense law-enforcement-sting minor-enticement predisposition sting-operation | Whether, when the government has induced a person to break the law and the defense of entrapment is at issue, the government need only show that its i… |
| 18-9731 | Youval Geringer-Ganor v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2019-06-19 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-charges criminal-procedure due-process entrapment government-conduct judicial-review outrageous-government-conduct sting-operation sting-operations | Whether government sting operations may constitute outrageous government conduct warranting dismissal of the charges? |
| 18-5384 | Wendell Rivera-Ruperto v. United States | First Circuit | 2018-07-30 | Denied | IFP | 8th-amendment due-process due-process-clause eighth-amendment government-manipulation mandatory-life-sentence mandatory-minimum sentencing-enhancement sentencing-enhancements statutory-manipulation sting-operation sting-operations | Whether the Eighth Amendment forbids the creation of a de-facto mandatory life without parole sentence through stacking 18 U.S.C. § 924(c) charges |