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Manuel Yepiz, Rafael Yepiz, Jose Luis Mejia, Sergio Mejia, Ernesto Orozco Mendez, Gilberto Carrasco, Francisco Zambrano, Jesus Contreras, Mariano Meza v. United States

IFP petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, No. 24-1684, 24-1685, 24-1687, 24-1688, 24-1690, 24-1691, 24-1709, 24-1784, 24-1915 · judgment December 30, 2025


Certiorari denied · October 5, 2026

Questions presented

  1. Whether certiorari should be granted to resolve a split in the circuits as to whether bad faith suppression of exculpatory impeachment evidence by the government is relevant to the materiality analysis of Brady v. Maryland, 373 U.S. 83 (1963 (Brady)?

  2. Whether certiorari should be granted to resolve a split in the circuits as to whether the district court must hold an evidentiary hearing after the appellate court has remanded for fact finding on Brady violations or whether the district court may resolve credibility issues based solely on a hearsay declaration from the prosecutor?

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Verna Jean Wefald
Attorney at Law

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

Order
Order list, October 5, 2026 · Certiorari denied

Proceedings

  1. Oct 05 2026
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Jul 02 2026
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/28/2026.
  3. Jun 24 2026
    Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
  4. Jun 03 2026
    Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due July 9, 2026)