No. 21-5196

Shalen Stoltz v. United States

Lower Court: Ninth Circuit
Docketed: 2021-07-26
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: appellate-waiver criminal-appeal due-process liberty-interest plea-agreement sentencing-guidelines
Key Terms:
DueProcess
Latest Conference: 2021-09-27
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Is an appellate waiver knowing and voluntary when the waiver's scope includes a sentence contrary to law and unauthorized by the United States Sentencing Guidelines when a criminal defendant enjoys a liberty interest in being sentenced according to law?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

No question identified. :

Docket Entries

2021-10-04
Petition DENIED.
2021-08-05
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/27/2021.
2021-07-29
Waiver of right of respondent United States of America to respond filed.
2021-07-19
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due August 25, 2021)

Attorneys

Shalen Stoltz
Karyn Hilde BucurSuite E193, Petitioner
United States of America
Brian H. FletcherActing Solicitor General, Respondent