No. 21-6106
Ahmed Osman Farah v. United States
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: arrest-record circuit-split criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection judicial-discretion sentencing-enhancement
Key Terms:
DueProcess
DueProcess
Latest Conference:
2021-12-03
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Does a district court violate a defendant's right to due process by enhancing a sentence based on unreliable arrest history, as the Third and Seventh Circuits have held, or is relying on a defendant's bare arrest record not erroneous, as the Eighth Circuit has held?
Question Presented (OCR Extract)
QUESTION PRESENTED Does a district court violate a defendant’s right to due process by enhancing a sentence based on unreliable arrest history, as the Third and Seventh Circuits have held, or is relying on a defendant’s bate arrest record not erroneous, as the Eighth Circuit has held? prefix
Docket Entries
2021-12-06
Petition DENIED.
2021-11-10
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/3/2021.
2021-11-03
Waiver of right of respondent United States of America to respond filed.
2021-10-22
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due November 26, 2021)
Attorneys
Ahmed Farah
Sarah Rose Weinman — Office of the Federal Defender, Petitioner
Sarah Rose Weinman — Office of the Federal Defender, Petitioner
United States of America
Elizabeth B. Prelogar — Solicitor General, Respondent
Elizabeth B. Prelogar — Solicitor General, Respondent