No. 21-6106

Ahmed Osman Farah v. United States

Lower Court: Eighth Circuit
Docketed: 2021-10-27
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: arrest-record circuit-split criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection judicial-discretion sentencing-enhancement
Key Terms:
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 WeinmanOffice of the Federal Defender, Petitioner
Sarah Rose WeinmanOffice of the Federal Defender, Petitioner
United States of America
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent