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United States v. Tsarnaev

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Pending petition
Docket No. Op. Below Argument Opinion Vote Author Term
20-443 1st Cir. TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD

Issues: (1) Whether the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 1st Circuit erred in concluding that Dzhokhar Tsarnaev’s capital sentences must be vacated on the ground that the district court, during its 21-day voir dire, did not ask each prospective juror for a specific accounting of the pretrial media coverage that he or she had read, heard or seen about Tsarnaev’s case; and (2) whether the district court committed reversible error at the penalty phase of Tsarnaev’s trial by excluding evidence that Tsarnaev’s older brother was allegedly involved in different crimes two years before the offenses for which Tsarnaev was convicted.

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DateProceedings and Orders (key to color coding)
Oct 06 2020Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due November 5, 2020)
Oct 20 2020Motion to extend the time to file a response from November 5, 2020 to December 7, 2020, submitted to The Clerk.
Oct 21 2020Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including December 7, 2020.
Nov 05 2020Brief amicus curiae of The National Fraternal Order of Police filed.
Nov 23 2020United States opposition to respondent's 30-day extension request not accepted for filing. (November 23, 2020 - corrected letter to be submitted)
Nov 23 2020Motion to extend the time to file a response from December 7, 2020 to January 6, 2021, submitted to The Clerk.
Nov 23 2020Response to motion for an extension of time from petitioner United States filed.
Nov 24 2020Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted in part; the time is extended to and including December 17, 2020.
Dec 17 2020Brief of respondent Dzhokhar A. Tsarnaev in opposition filed.
Dec 18 2020Letter waiving the 14-day waiting period for the distribution of the petition for a writ of certiorari pursuant to Rule 15.5. filed.
Dec 23 2020DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/8/2021.
Dec 23 2020Reply of petitioner United States filed. (Distributed)
Jan 11 2021DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/15/2021.
Jan 19 2021DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/22/2021.