No. 25-7177

Imad Eddin Wadi v. United States

Lower Court: Fifth Circuit
Docketed: 2026-04-10
Status: Pending
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: adverse-inference confidential-informant criminal-conviction due-process exculpatory-evidence spoliation-of-evidence
Latest Conference: 2026-04-02
Question Presented (from Petition)

Whether due process permits a criminal conviction to stand where the government's testifying confidential informant destroyed potentially exculpatory evidence prior to trial in violation of the court's orders, and the trial court provided no adverse-inference instruction regarding spoliation, or any other remedy to mitigate the prejudice.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether due process permits a criminal conviction to stand where the government's testifying confidential informant destroyed potentially exculpatory evidence prior to trial in violation of the court's orders, and the trial court provided no adverse-inference instruction regarding spoliation, or any other remedy to mitigate the prejudice

Docket Entries

2026-04-06
Motion Granted.
2026-03-17
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/2/2026.
2025-12-27
Motion of petitioner for leave to file a petition for a writ of certiorari with the supplemental appendix under seal filed.
2025-12-27
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due May 11, 2026)

Attorneys

Imad Wadi
Charles Davidson SwiftMLFA National Security Criminal Defense Center, Petitioner
United States
D. John SauerSolicitor General, Respondent