No. 21-5405

George A. Luna v. Anna Valentine, Warden

Lower Court: Sixth Circuit
Docketed: 2021-08-17
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: civil-procedure civil-rights confrontation-clause domestic-violence due-process evidentiary-rule federal-jurisdiction forfeiture-by-wrongdoing hearsay-exception pleadings standing witness-unavailability
Latest Conference: 2021-10-08
Question Presented (from Petition)

Under Giles v., California can a State constitutionally introduce a murder victim's out. of court statements to others about defendant's abuse/ pursuant to an "inferred intent" to secure the witness's unavailability under the "forfeiture by wrong doing" exception when there is no evidence of any proceeding that she was going to, or would have been, called as a witness to testify in?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the lower court erred in dismissing petitioner's claims for lack of standing and failure to state a claim upon which relief can be granted

Docket Entries

2021-10-12
Petition DENIED.
2021-09-23
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/8/2021.
2021-09-16
Waiver of right of respondent Scott Jordan to respond filed.
2021-08-09
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due September 16, 2021)

Attorneys

George Luna
George A. Luna — Petitioner
Scott Jordan
Todd Dryden FergusonOffice of the Attorney General, Respondent