No. 21-1352

Vivian Tat, aka Vivian Lnu v. United States

Lower Court: Ninth Circuit
Docketed: 2022-04-14
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived
Tags: appellate-review circuit-split criminal-procedure fundamental-rights jury-instructions plain-error-review rogers-error rogers-v-united-states standard-of-review
Latest Conference: 2022-06-02
Question Presented (from Petition)

Does plain error review govern claims of Rogers error on appeal, as the Ninth Circuit held below, or are such claims reviewed for harmlessness beyond a reasonable doubt, as the Eighth and D.C. Circuits have held?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Does plain error review govern claims of Rogers error on appeal, as the Ninth Circuit held below, or are such claims reviewed for harmlessness beyond a reasonable doubt, as the Eighth and D.C. Circuits have held?

Docket Entries

2022-06-06
Petition DENIED.
2022-05-17
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/2/2022.
2022-05-12
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2022-04-12
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due May 16, 2022)

Attorneys

United States
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent
Vivian Tat
Michael V. SchaflerCohen Williams LLP, Petitioner