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March 28, 2020
Wright v. United States, No. 10-5645 (cert. petition filed July 30, 2010)
Question Presented: Does the use of nonjury juvenile adjudications to enhance a sentence beyond the otherwise applicable statutory maximum violate the Sixth Amendment right to a trial by jury? -
March 28, 2020
Question Presented: Whether the doctrine of laches is applicable to a disparagement petition filed pursuant to 1064(3) of the Lanham Act despite the statutory language stating that such a petition may be filed “at any time.” -
March 28, 2020
Serna-Guerra v. Holder, No. 08-983 (cert. petition filed February 2, 2009)
Question Presented: Does unauthorized use of a vehicle constitute a “crime of violence,” as the Fifth Circuit has repeatedly held, or does that offense fall outside the 18 U.S.C. § 16 definition, as the Tenth Circuit has held? -
March 28, 2020
Aguilera v. Baca, No. 07-1547 (cert. petition filed June 11, 2008)
Question Presented: Does a public employer violate its employees’ Fifth Amendment rights by punishing them for their refusal to provide potentially incriminating testimony in an internal investigation when it did not provide notice that the testimony could not be used against them in criminal proceedings and that they would therefore be subject to administrative discipline […] -
March 28, 2020
United States ex rel. Bly-Magee v. Premo, No. 06-1269 (cert. petition filed on March 16, 2007)
Question Presented: Under the “public disclosure bar” of the False Claims Act, 31 U.S.C. § 3730(e)(4)(A), a court generally may not hear a qui tam action based on “the public disclosure of allegations or transactions . . . in a congressional, administrative, or [GAO] report, hearing, audit, or investigation.” Does the phrase “administrative . . . report, […] -
March 28, 2020
Questions Presented: Whether the filing of a motion to reopen removal proceedings automatically tolls the period within which an alien must depart the United States under an order granting voluntary departure. And, whether an alien who has been granted voluntary departure and has filed a timely motion to reopen should be permitted to withdraw the […] -
March 28, 2020
Pittman v. South Carolina, No. 07-8436 (cert. petition filed December 17, 2007)
Questions Presented: (1) Is a sentence of 30 years without possibility of parole constitutionally disproportionate as applied to a 12-year-old child? (2) Are the mitigating qualities of youth relevant to whether a 12-year-old’s non-capital sentence is constitutionally disproportionate? (3) Does the Eighth Amendment prohibit the imposition of a sentence of 30 years without possibility of […] -
March 10, 2020
Multicultural Refugee Coalition (MRC) is an Austin nonprofit working to create opportunities for refugees through both training and employment via three social enterprises: Open Arms (which is IKEA’s first US-based social enterprise partner), Shared Voices, and New Leaf. ECDC students assisted MRC with preparing customer contracts, revising corporate documents, assisting with tax law compliancy, and […] -
February 25, 2020
Since the rollout of the “Remain in Mexico” program in south Texas in the summer of 2019, the clinic has engaged in efforts to address the extreme harms suffered by asylum seekers trapped in northern Mexico during their U.S. Immigration Court proceedings as a result of this new policy. In the fall of 2019, student […] -
February 20, 2020
November November Films is a start-up film production company run by local filmmaker Ashlee Harris. The ECDC assisted Ashlee in forming a limited liability company, preparing contracts, music licensing, and other legal needs related to filming the company’s first web series. “It has been such an incredible experience working with the Clinic. They’ve helped me […]
