No. 18-7452
Herminio Garcia-Carillo v. United States
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: criminal-procedure due-process due-process,equal-protection,immigration,prejudice equal-protection fair-trial free-speech immigration immigration-bias impartiality jury-selection prejudice voir-dire
Latest Conference:
2019-02-22
Question Presented (from Petition)
Whether the district court abused its discretion in rejecting Garcia's proposed voir dire questions regarding potential racial and ethnic bias against Mexican immigrants.
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether a judge must allow voir dire into prejudice against Mexican immigrants when a Mexican immigrant faces trial for illegal reentry after a presidential candidate decries Mexican immigrants as rapists and drug traffickers who bring crime to the United States
Docket Entries
2019-02-25
Petition DENIED.
2019-02-07
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/22/2019.
2019-01-29
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2019-01-09
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due February 15, 2019)
Attorneys
Herminio Garcia-Carillo
Rebecca Charney Fish — Federal Defenders of San Diego, Inc., Petitioner
United States
Noel J. Francisco — Solicitor General, Respondent