No. 19-8459

Todd Erling Becker v. United States

Lower Court: Eleventh Circuit
Docketed: 2020-05-14
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: civil-procedure copyright-infringement damages fair-use intellectual-property substantial-similarity
Key Terms:
FifthAmendment FourthAmendment CriminalProcedure
Latest Conference: 2020-06-18
Question Presented (from Petition)

Whether there was probable cause to arrest Mr. Becker for the Florida burglary and robbery crime.

2. Did the FBI agent impliedly threaten Mr. Becker concerning the Miranda Warnings that he would receive Department from the criminal justice system if he did not cooperate and provide a self-incriminating statement to the agent during custodial interrogation, thereby rendering his Miranda Waiver of ensuring confession per involuntary?

3. Why did the FBI agents improperly coerce Mr. Becker into waiving his Miranda rights or confessing to the agents?

4. Does an admission and abolition Webbs at robbery conviction make ASH "ae ty Nence, as de Lined under BUS S424 QA)?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the lower court erred in its application of the 'substantial similarity' test in a copyright infringement case

Docket Entries

2020-06-22
Petition DENIED.
2020-06-03
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/18/2020.
2020-05-27
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2020-04-10
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due June 15, 2020)

Attorneys

Todd E. Becker
Todd Erling Becker — Petitioner
United States
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent