overriding-interest

Case	Title	Lower Court	Docketed	Status	Flags	Tags	Question Presented
22-6190	Kevin Patrick Mallory v. United States	Fourth Circuit	2022-12-01	Denied	IFP	constitutional-rights court-findings judicial-discretion overriding-interest partial-closure public-trial reasonable-alternatives sixth-amendment waller-standard waller-v-georgia	Whether, before a court may order a "partial closure" restricting the public's ability to see or hear evidence or questioning that is accessible by th…
21-7484	Hayze L. Schoonover v. Illinois	Illinois	2022-03-29	Denied	Response WaivedIFP	courtroom-closure defendant-rights media-access overriding-interest public-trial sixth-amendment substantial-reason waller-test	(1) Whether allowing the media to remain in the courtroom preserves a defendant's Sixth Amendment right to a public trial during a partial courtroom c…
19-6735	Kwok Cheung Chow, aka Raymond Chow, aka Ha Jai v. United States	Ninth Circuit	2019-11-22	Denied	Response WaivedIFP	constitutional-principles counsel-of-choice courtroom-closure government-interest governmental-interest harmless-error overriding-interest public-trial right-to-counsel sixth-amendment	1. In Presley v. Georgia, 558 U.S. 209 (2010), this Court held the right to a public trial in criminal cases extends to the entire trial, and any clos…