No. 25-5111

Omar Agor, Jr. v. United States

Lower Court: Ninth Circuit
Docketed: 2025-07-15
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: constitutional-rights courtroom-closure judicial-discretion procedural-interpretation public-trial sixth-amendment
Latest Conference: 2025-09-29
Question Presented (from Petition)

Is there an exception to the Sixth Amendment's right to a public trial for a closure of the courtroom during a criminal trial that the district and circuit courts (1) do not justify under the four factors dictated by this Court's precedent but (2) instead characterize as "trivial" and "administrative."

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether there is an exception to the Sixth Amendment's right to a public trial for courtroom closure that district and circuit courts characterize as 'trivial' and 'administrative'

Docket Entries

2025-10-06
Petition DENIED.
2025-07-24
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2025.
2025-07-22
Waiver of United States of America of right to respond submitted.
2025-07-22
Waiver of right of respondent United States of America to respond filed.
2025-07-09
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due August 14, 2025)

Attorneys

Omar Agor
Max John MizonoOffice of the Federal Public Defender - Hawaii, Petitioner
Salina Miyuki KanaiFederal Public Defender, District of Hawaii, Petitioner
United States of America
D. John SauerSolicitor General, Respondent