No. 25-7177
Imad Eddin Wadi v. United States
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
United States
D. John Sauer — Solicitor General, Respondent