No. 18-7296

Demetrio Cisneros v. United States

Lower Court: Ninth Circuit
Docketed: 2019-01-08
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: circuit-split civil-procedure civil-rights deliberate-actions due-process global-tech investigative-duty knowledge knowledge-standard patent standing willful-blindness
Latest Conference: 2019-02-15
Question Presented (from Petition)

Can failure to investigate suspicious circumstances, without more, constitute knowledge of the specific contraband being imported?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Can failure to investigate suspicious circumstances, without more, constitute the 'deliberate actions' to avoid knowledge under the willful-blindness standard?

Docket Entries

2019-02-19
Petition DENIED.
2019-01-31
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/15/2019.
2019-01-23
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2019-01-02
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due February 7, 2019)

Attorneys

Demetrio Cisneros
Sarah Rose WeinmanFederal Defenders of San Diego, Inc., Petitioner
United States
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent