triviality-exception
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| Case | Title | Lower Court | Docketed | Status | Flags | Tags | Question Presented |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20-7089 | Kemen Lavatos Taylor, II v. Tim Walz, Governor of Minnesota, et al. | Eighth Circuit | 2021-02-09 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | constitutional-scrutiny courtroom-closure courtroom-closures eighth-circuit-court-of-appeals judicial-procedure minnesota-supreme-court public-trial sixth-amendment triviality-exception | 1. Whether the Sixth Amendment's public trial guarantee contains a triviality exception, consistent with the Minnesota Supreme Court and Eight Circuit… |
| 20-6778 | Richard Anderson v. United States | Second Circuit | 2021-01-05 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | burden-of-proof courtroom-closure criminal-procedure family-member-exclusion public-trial sixth-amendment triviality-exception waller-v-georgia | On October 4, 2013, and again on December 4, 2013, Kevin Felton, a friend of Mr. Anderson, tried to attend Mr. Anderson's trial. On both occasions, wi… |
| 19-7426 | Joseph Njonge v. Margaret Gilbert, Superintendent | Ninth Circuit | 2020-01-28 | Denied | Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP | courtroom-closure prejudice public-trial public-trial-right sixth-amendment trial-procedure triviality-exception voir-dire waller-v-georgia | Whether the "triviality exception" to the Sixth Amendment public-trial right comports with Waller v. Georgia, 467 U.S. 39 (1984), which provides the s… |
| 18-7981 | Santos Peter Murillo, aka Peter Santos Murillo v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2019-02-14 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | batson batson-hearing civil-rights discrimination first-amendment fourth-amendment jury-selection public-trial sixth-amendment standing triviality-exception warrantless-search | Is there a 'triviality' exception to the First Amendment's and Sixth Amendment's public trial requirement, and, if so, was a hearing regarding Governm… |