No. 19-8093October Term 2019Decided May 26, 2020
Passalacqua v. McDonald
This case involves a petition for a writ of certiorari from the Ninth Circuit that was submitted to the Supreme Court.
Case status
- Current stage
- Decided
- Latest event
- Decision released May 26, 2020
- What it's about
This case involves a petition for a writ of certiorari from the Ninth Circuit that was submitted to the Supreme Court.
Question presented
1. Whether the "actual innocence" exception to the AEDPA's one-year statute of limitations, as recognized in McQuiggin v. Perkins, 569 U.S. 383 (2013), applies to a petitioner who challenges his sentence rather than his underlying conviction? 2. Whether the Second Circuit's requirement that a petitioner show "legal innocence" as well as "factual innocence" to satisfy the McQuiggin standard is consistent with this Court's precedent?
- Case path
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit / Decision released May 26, 2020
- Area
Decided Supreme Court case
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Grounding
- Grounding
- Primary-source trail available.
- Note
- Plain-English explainer. Official filings and opinions remain authoritative.
- Checked
- Apr 7, 2026
- Method
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