No. 18-8915

Jonathan Zepeda v. United States

Lower Court: Ninth Circuit
Docketed: 2019-04-19
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: 18-usc-3006a appellate-waiver criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-appeal due-process fifth-amendment independent-counsel judicial-manipulation sentencing sixth-amendment standing waiver
Key Terms:
DueProcess JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference: 2019-05-23
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether an individual's challenge to the constitutionality of his sentence and case proceedings in a criminal prosecution on bases outside the limited appellate waivers agreed to by the parties survives a silent record?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

Questions Presented As matters of first impression: Whether an individual’s challenge to the constitutionality of his sentence and case proceedings in a criminal prosecution on bases outside the limited appellate waivers agreed to by the parties survives a silent record? Whether the Sixth Amendment right to independent counsel and the Fifth Amendment right to Due Process preclude a court from manipulating the defense function and public docket in favor of the government? Whether 18 U.S.C. § 3006A(d)(2)-(3) — the subparagraphs of the Criminal Justice Act that give judges power over the defense function — should be stticken as what they are: unconstitutional? i

Docket Entries

2019-05-28
Petition DENIED.
2019-05-08
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/23/2019.
2019-05-01
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2019-03-20
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due May 20, 2019)

Attorneys

Jonathan Zepeda
Zoe Dolan — Petitioner
Zoe Dolan — Petitioner
United States
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent