Question Presented (from Petition)
Whether the Fourth Circuit erred in ruling Caro was procedurally barred from raising a § 2255 claim that the Government's suppression of available exculpatory BOP data on lengths and conditions of confinement at ADX Florence violated Brady, where Caro raised on direct appeal claims that the trial court violated his right to disclosure of the BOP data under Rules 16 and 17 of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure but he could only speculate that the BOP data still suppressed by the Government was sufficiently material to violate Brady; and,
Whether the Fourth Circuit erred in finding Caro could not meet the favorability and materiality prongs of Brady where mere fragments of data Caro unearthed in unrelated civil litigation and from other non-BOP sources in the § 2255 proceedings, which the Government concedes were favorable to Caro, showed that, at the time of Caro's trial, 63 inmates at ADX Florence had served longer than five years, 25 served longer than ten years, and one served 27 years without being "stepped down" to a less secure institution.
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether the Fourth Circuit erred in ruling Caro was procedurally barred from raising a § 2255 claim that the Government's suppression of available exculpatory BOP data on lengths and conditions of confinement at ADX Florence violated Brady
2019-05-15
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/30/2019.
2019-05-14
Reply of petitioner Carlos Caro filed. (Distributed)
2019-04-26
Brief of respondent United States in opposition filed.
2019-03-20
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including April 26, 2019.
2019-03-19
Motion to extend the time to file a response from March 27, 2019 to April 26, 2019, submitted to The Clerk.
2019-02-22
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended further to and including March 27, 2019.
2019-02-19
Motion to extend the time to file a response from February 25, 2019 to March 27, 2019, submitted to The Clerk.
2019-01-16
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including February 25, 2019.
2019-01-15
Motion to extend the time to file a response from January 25, 2019 to February 25, 2019, submitted to The Clerk.
2018-12-19
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including January 25, 2019.
2018-12-18
Motion to extend the time to file a response from December 26, 2018 to January 25, 2019, submitted to The Clerk.
2018-11-19
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due December 26, 2018)
2018-09-27
Application (18A322) granted by The Chief Justice extending the time to file until November 19, 2018.
2018-09-24
Application (18A322) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from October 4, 2018 to November 19, 2018, submitted to The Chief Justice.