No. 21-6310

Carlos Santos v. Christine Brannon-Dortch, Warden

Lower Court: Seventh Circuit
Docketed: 2021-11-18
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: burden-of-proof circuit-split extraneous-information habeas-corpus jury-deliberations prejudice remmer-hearing
Key Terms:
HabeasCorpus
Latest Conference: 2022-01-07
Question Presented (from Petition)

In Remmer v. United States, 347 U.S. 227 (1954), the United States Supreme Court held that when extraneous information enters into a jury's deliberations, the state is required to establish a defendant was not prejudiced. This petition presents the question of whether the state is still required to bear the burden at a Remmer hearing when the issue is litigated in the context of a habeas corpus petition, where a petitioner must establish prejudice, and is necessary to resolve a split in the circuits.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the state is still required to bear the burden at a Remmer hearing when the issue is litigated in the context of a habeas corpus petition, where a petitioner must establish prejudice

Docket Entries

2022-01-10
Petition DENIED.
2021-12-02
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/7/2022.
2021-11-29
Waiver of right of respondent Christine Brannon-Dortch to respond filed.
2021-11-16
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due December 20, 2021)

Attorneys

Carlos Santos
Susan Michele PavlowLaw Offices of Susan M. Pavlow, Petitioner
Christine Brannon-Dortch
Michael Marc Glick — Respondent