No. 25A114

Scott Breimeister v. United States

Lower Court: Fifth Circuit

Docketed: 2025-07-28

Status: Presumed Complete

Type: A

Tags: double-jeopardy fifth-amendment governmental-misconduct mistrial prosecutorial-misconduct trial-procedure

Latest Conference: N/A

Question Presented (from Petition)

Question not identified.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Double Jeopardy Clause bars a criminal retrial when a mistrial was sua sponte declared due to government misconduct over the defendant's objection

Docket Entries

2025-09-19

Application of Scott Breimeister for a further extension of time submitted.

Written Request

2025-07-29

Application (25A114) granted by Justice Alito extending the time to file until October 2, 2025.

2025-07-24

Application (25A114) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from August 3, 2025 to October 2, 2025, submitted to Justice Alito.

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Attorneys

Scott Breimeister

Josh Barrett Schaffer — Schaffer Law Offices, Petitioner

United States of America

D. John Sauer — Solicitor General, Respondent