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Olegario Lares-De La Rosa v. United States
IFP petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, No. 23-1096 · judgment March 27, 2025
Certiorari denied · December 15, 2025
Question presented
Whether Federal Rule of Evidence 701 permits a law enforcement officer to provide a lay opinion about the meaning of ordinary language used in a recorded conversation the officer reviewed during case investigation but did not participate in or perceive contemporaneously, a question that has engendered an intractable circuit split.
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Mary Edith Cunningham
Federal Public Defender's Office
For respondent
D. John Sauer
Solicitor General
Proceedings
- Dec 15 2025Petition DENIED.
- Nov 26 2025DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/12/2025.
- Nov 19 2025Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
- Nov 07 2025Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due December 12, 2025)
- Sep 24 2025Application (25A332) granted by Justice Kagan extending the time to file until November 7, 2025.
- Sep 19 2025Application (25A332) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from October 1, 2025 to November 7, 2025, submitted to Justice Kagan.