adverse-inference

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
25-5953 Christopher Matthew Henderson v. Alabama Alabama 2025-10-24 Denied IFP adverse-inference capital-murder criminal-sentencing fifth-amendment prosecutorial-conduct right-to-silence In the sentencing phase of a capital trial, where the defendant exercises his right to remain silent and to plead not guilty, does the Fifth Amendment…
24-883 Molly Vogt, as Trustee for the Heirs and Next of Kin of Joshua Vogt, Deceased v. CO Robert Anderson, et al. Eighth Circuit 2025-02-18 Denied Amici (3) adverse-inference circuit-split civil-procedure evidence-destruction spoliation summary-judgment When a party destroys evidence "with the intent to deprive another party of the information's use in the litigation," Federal Rule of Civil Procedure …
24A624 Molly Vogt, as Trustee for the Heirs and Next of Kin of Joshua Vogt, Deceased v. CO Robert Anderson, et al. Eighth Circuit 2024-12-26 Presumed Complete adverse-inference civil-rights jury-trial section-1983 spoliation summary-judgment Question not identified.
22-992 Clay Melton Denton v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-04-13 Denied adverse-inference criminal-procedure due-process evidence-spoliation exculpatory-evidence government-failure jury-instruction spoliation If critical evidence, which is at a minimum potentially exculpatory, is lost as a result of government's failure to preserve it, when is a defendant e…
20-1104 Irina Tesoriero v. Carnival Corporation, dba Carnival Cruise Line Eleventh Circuit 2021-02-11 Denied Response Waived adverse-inference circuit-split civil-procedure discovery evidence evidentiary-standard federal-courts legal-sanction sanctions spoliation spoliation-of-evidence Whether federal courts may grant an adverse inference as a sanction for negligent spoliation of evidence, as the Second, Sixth, and D.C. Circuits have…
20-591 Daniel Greer, Rabbi, et al. v. Eliyahu Mirlis Second Circuit 2020-11-03 Denied Response Waived adverse-inference civil-procedure civil-rights due-process evidentiary-inference fifth-amendment privilege self-incrimination 1. What factors determine whether an adverse inference may be drawn against a party to a civil action following the party's invocation of the Fifth Am…
18-7812 Raheem Wilcox v. New Jersey New Jersey 2019-02-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP adverse-inference adverse-inference-charge civil-rights criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-discovery-rule-3:13-3 discovery discovery-rule due-process evidence new-trial-factual-predicate new-trial-standard post-conviction-relief pre-indictment-destruction pre-indictment-destruction-of-evidence retroactive-application teague-v-lane The question in the case is whether, the New Jersey Supreme Court's decision in State v. W.B that clarified discovery rule 3:13-3, holding that the pr…