No. 20-7861
Razhden Shulaya v. United States
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: allen-charge civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process judicial-discretion jury-coercion jury-deliberation jury-deliberations jury-instructions right-to-counsel sixth-amendment
Latest Conference:
2021-05-20
Question Presented (from Petition)
1. Should certiorari be granted to find that, when a jury bullies a
holdout juror, the District Court should issue an Allen charge, in which
it instructs it that no juror should yield a conscientious conviction he
may have?
2. Should certiorari be granted to find that a District Court may
not abridge a Pet itioner's Sixth Amendment right to retain the counsel
of his own choosing at sentence?
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Should a District Court issue an Allen charge when a jury bullies a holdout juror?
Docket Entries
2021-05-24
Petition DENIED.
2021-05-05
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/20/2021.
2021-05-03
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2021-04-15
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due May 27, 2021)
Attorneys
Ruzhdan Shulaya
Arza Rayches Feldman — Feldman & Feldman, Petitioner
United States
Elizabeth B. Prelogar — Acting Solicitor General, Respondent