No. 20-8388

Jonathan Aaron Leal v. United States

Lower Court: Fifth Circuit
Docketed: 2021-06-22
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: appeal-waiver appellate-review due-process federal-sentencing illegal-sentence plea-agreement post-conviction-relief
Key Terms:
Securities
Latest Conference: 2021-09-27
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Should an appeal waiver provision in a plea agreement bar appellate or post-conviction relief from an illegal federal sentence?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED Should an appeal waiver provision in a plea agreement bar appellate or post-conviction relief from an illegal federal sentence? ii PARTIES Petitioner: Jonathan Aaron Leal Respondent: United States of America

Docket Entries

2021-10-04
Petition DENIED.
2021-07-08
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/27/2021.
2021-07-01
Waiver of right of respondent United States of America to respond filed.
2021-06-15
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due July 22, 2021)

Attorneys

Jonathan Leal
William Reynolds BiggsWILLIAM R. BIGGS, PLLC, Petitioner
United States of America
Brian H. FletcherActing Solicitor General, Respondent