No. 21-5932

Michael R. Burns v. United States

Lower Court: First Circuit
Docketed: 2021-10-08
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: chain-of-custody civil-rights dna-fabrication due-process evidence-substitution evidence-tampering fabrication forensic-evidence forensic-integrity laboratory-procedure substitution
Latest Conference: 2021-11-12
Question Presented (from Petition)

Whether the Court should grant a Writ of Certiorari to review whether petitioner's conviction was obtained through the fabrication of DNA and fingerprint evidence by Massachusetts State Police Forensic Technicians, in violation of petitioner's constitutional rights to due process, where photographic exhibits allegedly demonstrate that evidence gloves were substituted between examinations, resulting in a fabricated DNA profile.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the DNA and fingerprint evidence was fabricated by substituting the gloves examined for fingerprints with different gloves examined for DNA, resulting in an unreliable conviction

Docket Entries

2021-11-15
Petition DENIED.
2021-10-28
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/12/2021.
2021-10-21
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2021-09-27
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due November 8, 2021)

Attorneys

Michael R. Burns
Michael R. Burns — Petitioner
United States
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent