Docket No. | Op. Below | Argument | Opinion | Vote | Author | Term |
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20-6387 | 10th Cir. | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD |
Issue: Whether, as many courts have held, allowing a prosecution to continue after lengthy and demonstrably prejudicial delay in filing criminal charges offends due process, even absent prosecutorial intent to gain a tactical advantage or harass, when the prosecution cannot provide an explanation for the delay sufficient to justify the extent of the prejudice suffered by the defendant.
Date | Proceedings and Orders |
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Nov 16 2020 | Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due December 21, 2020) |
Dec 20 2020 | Motion to extend the time to file a response from December 21, 2020 to January 20, 2021, submitted to The Clerk. |
Dec 21 2020 | Brief amicus curiae of Due Process Institute filed. |
Dec 22 2020 | Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including January 20, 2021. (Docket entry corrected 1/7/21) |
Jan 14 2021 | Motion to extend the time to file a response from January 20, 2021 to February 19, 2021, submitted to The Clerk. |
Jan 15 2021 | Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including February 19, 2021. |
Feb 09 2021 | Motion to extend the time to file a response from February 19, 2021 to February 22, 2021, submitted to The Clerk. |
Feb 10 2021 | Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including February 22, 2021. |
Feb 22 2021 | Brief of respondent United States of America in opposition filed. |
Mar 01 2021 | Reply of petitioner Darrin B. Woodard filed. |
Mar 04 2021 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/19/2021. |
Mar 22 2021 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/26/2021. |
Mar 29 2021 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/1/2021. |
In yet another Friday night shadow docket order, a divided Supreme Court sides with challengers to California’s COVID-related restrictions. Brief per curiam opinion and dissent from Justice Kagan: https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/20pdf/20a151_4g15.pdf
By vote of 5-4, #SCOTUS blocks California's COVID-related restrictions on in-home prayer meetings and worship. Opinion & Kagan's dissent are here: https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/20pdf/20a151_4g15.pdf
President Biden will sign an executive order authorizing a commission to study Supreme Court reform. The commission will review “the length of service and turnover of justices on the court; the membership and size of the court” among other topics.
President Biden to Sign Executive Order Creating the Presidential Commission on the Supreme Court of the United States | The White House
President Biden will today issue an executive order forming the Presidential Commission on the Supreme Court of the United States, comprised of a
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The Supreme Court will hear April and May oral arguments remotely but with a live audio feed.
#SCOTUS confirms that "[i]n keeping with public health guidance in response to COVID-19," it will hear oral arguments in April and on May 4 remotely, as it has for the other argument sessions this term. Press release here: https://www.scotusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Media-Advisory-Teleconference-Arguments.pdf
In a Monday evening shadow-docket filing, Tennessee asks the Supreme Court to reinstate a state law that imposes a 48-hour waiting period for patients to abortions. A federal judge struck down the waiting period as unconstitutional. @AHoweBlogger explains:
Tennessee asks court to restore waiting period for abortions - SCOTUSblog
Tennessee filed an emergency request with the Supreme Court on Monday, asking the justices for permission to enforce...
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BREAKING: In major copyright battle between tech giants, SCOTUS sides w/ Google over Oracle, finding that Google didnt commit copyright infringement when it reused lines of code in its Android operating system. The code came from Oracle's JAVA SE platform. https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/20pdf/18-956_d18f.pdf
NEW: The Supreme Court agrees to take up one new case, Brown v. Davenport. It's a technical but important question about the standard for federal courts reviewing habeas claims to assess whether constitutional violations were "harmless error." https://www.supremecourt.gov/orders/courtorders/040521zor_3204.pdf
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