No. 20-5852

Robert Louis Brandon v. United States

Lower Court: Fifth Circuit
Docketed: 2020-09-30
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Relisted (3)IFP
Tags: appellate-review automatic-reversal circuit-split criminal-procedure guilty-plea prejudice-inquiry rehaif-error rehaif-v-united-states structural-error
Key Terms:
SocialSecurity Immigration
Latest Conference: 2021-06-17 (distributed 3 times)
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Is a district court's error under Rehaif v. United States a structural error that warrants automatic reversal of a guilty plea?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED The questions presented are: 1. Is a district court’s error under Rehaif v. United States, 139 S. Ct. 2191 (2019), a structural error that warrants automatic reversal of a guilty plea, as the Fourth Circuit has held, or is there no structural error in the context of Rehaif, as most other circuits have held?! 2. Relatedly, what prejudice inquiry (if any) applies to appellate review of an unknowing and involuntary guilty plea?2 1The Petitions for a Writ of Certiorari in Isaac L. Hobbs v. United States, No. 20-171 (cert. petition filed Aug. 13, 2020) and United States v. Rodney Lavalais, No. 205489 (cert. petition filed Aug. 24, 2020) raise the same issue. 2 The Petition for a Writ of Certiorari in United States v. Rodney Lavalais, No. 205489 (cert. petition filed Aug. 24, 2020) raises the same issue. i

Docket Entries

2021-06-21
Petition DENIED.
2021-06-14
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/17/2021.
2020-12-23
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/8/2021.
2020-11-30
Rescheduled.
2020-11-18
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/4/2020.
2020-11-06
Reply of petitioner Robert Brandon filed.
2020-10-30
Memorandum of respondent United States filed.
2020-09-25
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due October 30, 2020)

Attorneys

Robert Brandon
Nelson Starbranch EbaughNelson S. Ebaugh, P.C., Petitioner
United States
Elizabeth B. PrelogarActing Solicitor General, Respondent