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Philip Alejandro Powers, III v. United States
IFP petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, No. 23-2218 · judgment February 24, 2025
Certiorari denied · October 20, 2025
Question presented
Should a person who is compelled to commit a criminal act in order to avert a greater evil be denied the protection of the necessity defense if he could have committed the criminal act in a “safer” manner?
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Daniel Lee Kaplan
Office of the Federal Public Defender
For respondent
D. John Sauer
Solicitor General
Case
Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference
Proceedings
- Oct 20 2025Petition DENIED.
- Oct 02 2025DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/17/2025.
- Sep 30 2025Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
- Sep 18 2025Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due October 23, 2025)