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Jean-Claude Okongo Landji v. United States
IFP petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, No. 23-6696 · judgment July 21, 2025
Questions presented
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May the offense of conspiracy to distribute or possess with intent to distribute controlled substances while on a United States aircraft, pursuant to 21 U.S.C. § 959(c), be prosecuted extraterritorially, resolving a direct circuit split between United States v. Epskamp, 832 F.3d 154 (2d Cir. 2016) and United States v. Thompson, 921 F.3d 263 (D.C. Cir. 2019)?
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Did the government’s handling of Landji’s attorney-client privileged documents violate his rights under the Sixth Amendment as delineated by Kastigar v. United States, 406 U.S. 441 (1972) and its progeny?
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Were Landji’s Confrontation Clause rights under Crawford v. Washington, 541 U.S. 36 (2004) and its progeny, violated when a cell phone data extraction report was admitted via the testimony of an analyst other than the one who conducted the extraction? i
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Jonathan I. Edelstein
For respondent
D. John Sauer
Solicitor General
Case
Subject area
Criminal Procedure (estimated from the questions presented, in the Supreme Court Database’s categories)
Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference
Related
Vide, 25-512
Order
Order list, March 30, 2026 · Certiorari denied
Proceedings
- Mar 30 2026Petition DENIED.
- Mar 11 2026DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/27/2026.
- Oct 30 2025Waiver of right of respondent United States of America to respond filed.
- Oct 15 2025Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due November 17, 2025)