No. 19-7525

Gregory Joel Sitzmann v. United States

Lower Court: District of Columbia
Docketed: 2020-02-03
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: conflict-of-laws conflict-with-other-courts-of-appeals conflict-with-supreme-court court-of-appeals criminal-procedure drug-smuggling evidence federal-sentencing foreign-drug-smuggling ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jurisdiction jurisdiction-over-evidence pro-se-petition prosecutorial-misconduct
Key Terms:
HabeasCorpus
Latest Conference: 2020-03-06
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the district court lacked jurisdiction over evidence of foreign drug smuggling and whether the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia rendered a decision in conflict with this Court and other Courts of Appeals

Question Presented (from Petition)

QUESTION(S) PRESENTED 1) WHETHER THE DISTRICT COURT LACKED "JURISDICTION" OVER EVIDENCE OF FOREIGN DRUG SMUGGLING: AND WHETHER THE UNITED STATES COURTCOF APPEALS FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA RENDERED A DECISION IN CONFLICT OF THIS COURT AND OTHER COURT OF APPEALS; 2) WHETHER TRIAL COUNSEL"S OBJECTION PRESERVED REVIEW OF THE PROSECUTION"S CLEAR ERROR IN QUESTIONING AGENT BUSS; 3) WHETHER THAT REMAND OF SITZMANN*S IAC CLAIMS IS MERITED? PARTIES THE PETITIONER IS GREGORY JOEL SITZMANN, WHICH IS PRESENTING THIS WRIT OF CERTIORARI IN PROPRIA PERSONA (PRO SE), WHOiIS CURRENTLY SERVING HIS SENTENCE IN THE FEDERAL BUREAU OF PRISIONS. THE RESPONDENTS ARE GRIFFITH AND KATSAS, CIRCUIT JUDGES: EDWARDS : SENIOR CIRCUIT JUDGE FOR THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CIRCUIT. (i)

Docket Entries

2020-03-09
Petition DENIED. Justice Kavanaugh took no part in the consideration or decision of this petition.
2020-02-20
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/6/2020.
2020-02-12
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2019-11-05
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due March 4, 2020)
2019-09-24
Application (19A334) granted by The Chief Justice extending the time to file until November 6, 2019.
2019-09-05
Application (19A334) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from September 16, 2019 to November 6, 2019, submitted to The Chief Justice.

Attorneys

Gregory Joel Sitzmann
Gregory Sitzmann — Petitioner
Gregory Sitzmann — Petitioner
United States
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent