No. 21-5977

In Re Rigoberto Melero Aguirre

Lower Court: N/A
Docketed: 2021-10-14
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP
Tags: constructive-denial counsel-rights criminal-procedure due-process fraud-on-the-court fraud-upon-court ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-proceedings miscarriage-of-justice plain-error-standard standard-of-review
Key Terms:
HabeasCorpus
Latest Conference: 2022-01-14 (distributed 2 times)
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the constructive denial of counsel during Melero Aguirre's judicial proceedings, coupled with the wholesale adoption by the Fifth Circuit, of Hon Judge Frank Montalvo's errors and mistakes of law, without application of the plain error standard of review, created an imprimatur for a miscarriage of justice, constituting an impermissible fraud upon the court

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED FOR REVIEW WHETHER THE CONSTRUCTIVE DENIAL OF COUNSEL DURING MELERO AGUIRRE'S JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS, COUPLED WITH THE WHOLESALE ADOPTION BY THE FIFTH CIRCUIT, OF HON JUDGE FRANK MONTALVO'S ERRORS AND MISTAKES OF LAW, WITHOUT APPLICATION OF THE PLAIN ERROR STANDARD OF REVIEW, CREATED AN IMPRIMATUR FOR A MISCARRIAGE OF JUSTICE, CONSTITUTING AN IMPERMISSIBLE FRAUD UPON THE COURT. | ‘

Docket Entries

2022-01-18
Rehearing DENIED.
2021-12-29
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/14/2022.
2021-12-01
Petition for Rehearing filed.
2021-11-15
Petition DENIED.
2021-10-28
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/12/2021.
2021-10-22
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2021-09-20
Petition for a writ of prohibition and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due November 15, 2021)

Attorneys

In Re Rigoberto Melero Aguirre
Rigoberto Melero Aguirre — Petitioner
Rigoberto Melero Aguirre — Petitioner
United States
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent