sting-operations

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
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