No. 20-280

George Georgiou v. United States

Lower Court: Third Circuit
Docketed: 2020-09-03
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Amici (1)Response Waived Experienced Counsel
Tags: 28-usc-1651 all-writs-act criminal-financial-penalty criminal-sentencing final-conviction post-conviction-remedy retroactive-decision unauthorized-penalty unauthorized-sentence
Key Terms:
HabeasCorpus Immigration JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference: 2020-10-09
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Does the All Writs Act afford a post-conviction remedy for the correction of an unauthorized criminal financial penalty?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED 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 decision of this Court rendered after the defendant’s conviction became final? i LIST OF ALL PARTIES The caption of the case in this Court contains the names of all parties (petitioner Georgiou and respondent United States). There were no co-defendants at trial and no co-appellants. ii

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. GreenSidley Austin LLP, Amicus
United States
Jeffrey B. WallActing Solicitor General, Respondent