No. 18-7655

Michael R. Spengler v. Superior Court of California, Los Angeles County, et al.

Lower Court: Ninth Circuit
Docketed: 2019-01-30
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: 6th-amendment appellate-standard civil-rights coercion constitutional-review criminal-procedure due-process miranda-warnings police-lineup undercover-operations witness-identification
Key Terms:
CriminalProcedure
Latest Conference: 2019-03-29
Question Presented (from Petition)

Question not identified.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the widespread policy of the L.A. Superior Court and the L.A. Sheriff's Department, known as the Perkins Operation, which allows undercover agents to be placed inside living quarters without Miranda warnings and to coercively interrogate targets on crimes where the Sixth Amendment right to counsel is not attached, violates the Constitution

Docket Entries

2019-04-01
Petition DENIED.
2019-03-14
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/29/2019.
2018-11-22
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due March 1, 2019)

Attorneys

Michael R. Spengler
Michael R. Spengler — Petitioner