No. 23-7123
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: civil-rights due-process first-amendment free-speech jury-instructions mental-state objective-standard recklessness stalking true-threats
Key Terms:
FirstAmendment Privacy
FirstAmendment Privacy
Latest Conference:
2024-04-26
Question Presented (from Petition)
Whether the Ninth Circuit's decision below violated the standard this Court announced in Counterman—that true threats prosecutions require a mental state of recklessness—by affirming Petitioner's conviction even though the jury was instructed it could convict based on an objective standard of how a reasonable person would perceive Petitioner's speech?
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether the Ninth Circuit's decision violated the Counterman standard for true threats prosecutions
Docket Entries
2024-04-29
Petition DENIED.
2024-04-11
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/26/2024.
2024-04-05
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2024-03-29
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due May 2, 2024)
Attorneys
Ivan Isho
Kristi A. Hughes — Law Office of Kristi A. Hughes, Petitioner
United States
Elizabeth B. Prelogar — Solicitor General, Respondent