No. 20-280
George Georgiou v. United States
Tags: 28-usc-1651 all-writs-act criminal-financial-penalty criminal-sentencing final-conviction post-conviction-remedy retroactive-decision unauthorized-penalty unauthorized-sentence
Latest Conference:
2020-10-09
Question Presented (from Petition)
Does the All Writs Act, 28 U.S.C. § 1651, afford a post-conviction remedy for the correction of a criminal financial penalty that is unauthorized by statute, where the illegality of the sentence is established by a retroactive statutory-construction decision of this Court rendered after the defendant's conviction became final?
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Does the All Writs Act afford a post-conviction remedy for the correction of an unauthorized criminal financial penalty?
Docket Entries
2020-10-13
Petition DENIED.
2020-10-05
Brief amicus curiae of National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers filed.
2020-09-23
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/9/2020.
2020-09-16
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2020-08-28
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due October 5, 2020)
Attorneys
George Georgiou
Peter Goldberger — Petitioner
National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
Jeffrey T. Green — Sidley Austin LLP, Amicus
United States
Jeffrey B. Wall — Acting Solicitor General, Respondent