No. 21-5328

James Robert Dowty v. United States

Lower Court: Eighth Circuit
Docketed: 2021-08-09
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: crime-scene-search criminal-procedure custody-testimony due-process equal-protection fourth-amendment government-witnesses judicial-bias police-procedure sequestration
Key Terms:
Arbitration
Latest Conference: 2021-09-27
Question Presented (from Petition)

Whether the District Court violated the Fourteenth Amendment right to due process when the p is frich (tarticnitJ a metier) per, the jotrp fo iriew the crime ncene pa Jed on iht trial Jndfej own perform/ 8iaj be he ft- of whW itit Crime pune map or /nip rfcthelJ.

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Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the District Court violated the Fourteenth Amendment right to due process of law

Docket Entries

2021-10-04
Petition DENIED.
2021-08-19
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/27/2021.
2021-08-16
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2020-11-19
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due September 8, 2021)

Attorneys

James Robert Dowty
James Robert Dowty — Petitioner
United States
Brian H. FletcherActing Solicitor General, Respondent