deliberate-actions
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| Case | Title | Lower Court | Docketed | Status | Flags | Tags | Question Presented |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22-6634 | Rafael Espino v. United States | Second Circuit | 2023-01-26 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | circuit-split criminal-liability deliberate-actions due-process global-tech-appliances knowledge-standard mens-rea subjective-belief willful-blindness | The majority of federal statutes require a defendant to act "knowingly" to incur criminal liability, meaning that the defendant must have actual knowl… |
| 18-7296 | Demetrio Cisneros v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2019-01-08 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | circuit-split civil-procedure civil-rights deliberate-actions due-process global-tech investigative-duty knowledge knowledge-standard patent standing willful-blindness | Can failure to investigate suspicious circumstances, without more, constitute knowledge of the specific contraband being imported? |