Docket No. | Op. Below | Argument | Opinion | Vote | Author | Term |
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21-1319 | 2nd Cir. | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD |
Issue: Whether district courts have discretion to weigh the evidence, including the credibility of witnesses, when deciding to grant a new trial under Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 33, or whether they must defer to the jury’s view of the evidence unless the evidence is patently incredible, defies physical realities, or is similarly flawed.
Date | Proceedings and Orders |
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Mar 29 2022 | Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due May 4, 2022) |
Apr 28 2022 | Motion to extend the time to file a response from May 4, 2022 to June 3, 2022, submitted to The Clerk. |
Apr 29 2022 | Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including June 3, 2022. |
May 04 2022 | Brief amicus curiae of Professor Jennifer L. Mascott filed. |
Today at SCOTUS: The court will issue orders at 9:30 a.m. EDT, followed by opinions starting at 10. You know the drill: We'll be firing up our live blog and breaking it all down. See you there.
https://www.scotusblog.com/2022/05/announcement-of-orders-and-opinions-for-monday-may-23/
Just in: The next Supreme Court opinion day will be next Monday. The court expects to release one or more opinions in argued cases from the current term.
End of an era: Here is NBC News prez Noah Oppenheim's memo about Pete Williams' plan to retire this summer
The Supreme Court sides with Sen. Ted Cruz in his First Amendment challenge to a federal campaign-finance law that limits how and when candidates can recoup loans that they make to their own campaigns. The vote is 6-3 along ideological lines.
In an immigration case, SCOTUS rules 5-4 that federal courts do NOT have jurisdiction to review certain executive-branch factual findings that determine whether non-citizens are eligible for "adjustment of status." Those findings can dictate whether a person is deported.
SCOTUS agrees to take up two new cases: Jones v. Hendrix (a habeas corpus case) and SEC v. Cochran (a case about the power of district courts to hear challenges to the constitutionality of the SEC's administrative law proceedings). Full order list here: https://www.supremecourt.gov/orders/courtorders/051622zor_hgcj.pdf