No. 21-1336

Jeffrey Olsen v. United States

Lower Court: Ninth Circuit
Docketed: 2022-04-07
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Amici (1)Response Waived Experienced Counsel
Tags: covid-pandemic criminal-procedure district-court district-court-authority due-process judicial-discretion jury-trial-suspension jury-trials pandemic prosecutorial-delay speedy-trial-act
Key Terms:
ERISA
Latest Conference: 2022-05-12
Question Presented (from Petition)

I. Whether a District Court may dismiss an indictment under the Speedy Trial Act, where the District Court finds that it is possible to hold a jury trial safely, but where a districtwide order forbids the holding of jury trials.

II. Whether a District Court may dismiss an indictment with prejudice as a remedy for a Speedy Trial Act violation where the court, not the prosecutor, is principally at fault for the delay.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a District Court may dismiss an indictment under the Speedy-Trial-Act where the District Court finds that it is possible to hold a jury trial safely, but where a districtwide order forbids the holding of jury trials

Docket Entries

2022-05-16
Petition DENIED.
2022-05-03
Brief amicus curiae of Cato Institute filed. (Distributed)
2022-04-20
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/12/2022.
2022-04-12
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2022-04-05
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due May 9, 2022)

Attorneys

Cato Institute
Jay Remington SchweikertThe Cato Institute, Amicus
Jeffrey Olsen
Stuart BannerUCLA School of Law Supreme Court Clinic, Petitioner
United States
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent