No. 20-6782

Juan Carlos Guadron-Rodriguez v. United States

Lower Court: Fourth Circuit
Docketed: 2021-01-05
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: cellular-communication civil-procedure criminal-joinder extortion-conspiracy gang-related-crime interstate-facilities joinder prejudice severance travel-act
Latest Conference: 2021-02-19
Question Presented (from Petition)

1. Do federal joinder laws permit the expansive joinder of two unrelated cases with no factual commonality apart from one defendant's involvement in both instances, where the facts of one of the crimes of so extreme and abhorrent as to inherently cause "spillover" prejudice to defendants only charged with the lesser crime?

2. Does a cellular phone constitute an "interstate facility" to the extent that the mere intrastate use of a cell phone automatically converts any crime identified in § 1952(a) into a federal offense?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether federal joinder laws permit the expansive joinder of two unrelated cases with no factual commonality apart from one defendant's involvement in both instances

Docket Entries

2021-02-22
Petition DENIED.
2021-01-21
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/19/2021.
2021-01-12
Waiver of right of respondent United States of America to respond filed.
2020-12-31
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due February 4, 2021)

Attorneys

Juan Rodriguez
Vernida Rochelle ChaneyChaney Law Firm PLLC, Petitioner
United States of America
Elizabeth B. PrelogarActing Solicitor General, Respondent