No. 25-5996

Jean-Michael Kisi v. Joseph Joyce, Warden

Lower Court: Eighth Circuit
Docketed: 2025-10-30
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: confrontation-clause constitutional-rights due-process fourteenth-amendment jury-deliberation sixth-amendment
Key Terms:
DueProcess Privacy
Latest Conference: 2026-01-09
Question Presented (from Petition)

I. WHETHER THE DISTRICT COURT EXCLUDING THE PETITIONER FROM
THE COURTROOM WHEN PERSONS DISPLAYED THE STATE 'S LAPTOP IN
THE DELIBERATION ROOM AND A DISTRICT ATTORNEY RETRIEVED
ITEMS OUTSIDE OF THE COURTROOM VIOLATED THE PETITIONER 'S
CONSTITUTIONAL SIXTH AMENDMENT RIGHT OF PRESENCE,
CONFRONTATION, AND FOURTEENTH AMENDMENT DUE PROCESS RIGHT

II. WHETHER THE EIGHT CIRCUIT COURTS OF APPEALS ' DENIAL OF THE
PETITIONER 'S APPEAL CLAIM THAT THE DISTRICT COURT EXCLUDING
HIM FROM HIS TRIAL DURING JURY DELIBERATIONS VIOLATED HIS
SIXTH AND FOURTEENTH AMENDMENT CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS
CONFLICTS WITH THE RELEVENT DECISIONS OF THIS COURT

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the district court's exclusion of the petitioner from the courtroom during jury deliberations violated his Sixth and Fourteenth Amendment constitutional rights

Docket Entries

2026-01-12
Petition DENIED.
2025-12-11
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/9/2026.
2025-06-18
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due December 1, 2025)

Attorneys

Jean-Michael Kisi
Jean-Michael Kisi — Petitioner