No. 19-7875
Byron Gay v. Scott Daffenbach, Warden, et al.
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: civil-procedure court-procedure dna-testing evidence evidentiary-rules judicial-admission judicial-admissions legal-standards scientific-evidence standards
Latest Conference:
2020-04-03
Question Presented (from Petition)
1. THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT HAS NOT ESTABLISHED
IN THE FEDERAL COURTS OR THE STATE COURTS ANY CASE
LAW INSTRUCTING JUDGES THAT THEY MUST EMPHASIZE: TO
CONSTITUTE A JUDICIAL ADMISSION THE STATEMENT MUST BE
TAKEN IN CONTEXT. IT MUST BE DELIBERATE, DECLARATORY
IN NATURE, UNEQUIVOCAL,UNAMBIGUOUS,
CLEAR, AND FORMAL DISPENSING WITH PROOF OF FACTS.
2. HAS THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT DETERMINED WHAT
AMOUNT OF TEMPLATE DNA IS NEEDED TO RECEIVE RELIABLE
RESULTS CONSISTENT AND, ACCEPTABLE IN THE SCIENTIFIC
COMMUNITY DURING TESTING?
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Question not identified.
Docket Entries
2020-04-06
Petition DENIED.
2020-03-19
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/3/2020.
2020-03-12
Waiver of right of respondent Scott Daffenbach to respond filed.
2019-12-12
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due April 6, 2020)
2019-08-16
Application (19A176) granted by Justice Sotomayor extending the time to file until December 12, 2019.
2019-07-30
Application (19A176) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from October 13, 2019 to December 12, 2019, submitted to Justice Sotomayor.
Attorneys
Byron Gay
Byron Gay — Petitioner
Scott Daffenbach
L. Andrew Cooper — Office of the Colorado Attorney General, Respondent