Federal Judiciary

Petition of the day

By Kiran Bhat

The petition of the day is: 

Title: Brown v. Valdivia
Docket: 10-848
Issue(s): Do parolees in state administrative revocation hearings have a due process "confrontation right" to exclude hearsay, in the absence of a special showing of "good cause," when that hearsay would be admissible under the Confrontation Clause even against a defendant in a criminal prosecution?

Certiorari stage documents:

• Opinion below (9th Cir.)
• Petition for certiorari
• Brief in opposition

Full post as published by SCOTUSBLOG on February 10, 2011 (boomark / email).