No. 24-7382
Issac Jermale Fisher v. Missouri
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: constitutional-significance courtroom-closure public-access structural-error trial-court-standards waller-v-georgia
Latest Conference:
2025-09-29
Question Presented (from Petition)
When do intentional actions designed to restrict the public's entry to the courtroom constitute a closure of constitutional significance that, unless the trial court follows the standards set out in Waller v. Georgia, 467 U.S. 39 (1984), results in structural error?
Question Presented (AI Summary)
When do intentional actions designed to restrict the public's entry to the courtroom constitute a closure of constitutional significance that, unless the trial court follows the standards set out in Waller v. Georgia, 467 U.S. 39 (1984), results in structural error?
Docket Entries
2025-10-06
Petition DENIED.
2025-06-26
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2025.
2025-06-25
Waiver of Missouri of right to respond submitted.
2025-06-25
Waiver of right of respondent Missouri to respond filed.
2025-06-02
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due July 9, 2025)
Attorneys
Issac Fisher
Kathryn Marie Merwald — Missouri State Public Defender System, Petitioner
Missouri
Daniel N. McPherson — Assistant Attorney General, Respondent