No. 25-6843

Ron Delano Kuntz v. United States

Lower Court: Third Circuit
Docketed: 2026-02-18
Status: Pending
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: appellate-review confrontation-clause criminal-procedure due-process evidentiary-hearing witness-testimony
Latest Conference: N/A
Question Presented (from Petition)

1) Whether tte District Court exclusion of an material witness testimony was reasonable especially being
a mariner of the Court and then depending upon tine testimony of an informant vino has since camitted additional
crimes and offered testimony to obtain a lighter sentence since his previous allegations in the case at hand?

2) Vtether the District Court erred ty accepting an affidavit and making conclusionary assurpticns rather
than callin g the affiant into an evidentiary hearing?

3) Vhetter the District Court and Circuit Court erred? not having an evidentiary hearing and settling- for
assuntions rather than allowing witness available to care testify in open Court?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the District Court erred in excluding material witness testimony and relying on informant testimony from a witness with incentive to testify falsely, and whether both courts erred in accepting affidavits and conclusory assumptions without conducting an evidentiary hearing with live witness testimony

Docket Entries

2026-02-26
Waiver of United States of right to respond submitted.
2026-02-26
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2025-10-20
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due March 20, 2026)

Attorneys

Ron Delano Kuntz
Ron Delano Kuntz — Petitioner
United States
D. John SauerSolicitor General, Respondent