No. 21-1336
Jeffrey Olsen v. United States
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
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 Schweikert — The Cato Institute, Amicus
Jeffrey Olsen
Stuart Banner — UCLA School of Law Supreme Court Clinic, Petitioner
United States
Elizabeth B. Prelogar — Solicitor General, Respondent