No. 21-6643
Leonus Stevenson Peterson v. United States
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: appellate-circuit appellate-review circuit-split criminal-procedure due-process fourth-circuit knowing-and-voluntary miscarriage-of-justice plea-waiver standard-of-review
Key Terms:
SocialSecurity Securities Immigration
SocialSecurity Securities Immigration
Latest Conference:
2022-01-21
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Did the Fourth Circuit err in finding that Petitioner's plea waiver was knowing and voluntary and then applying a stricter standard than a number of other appellate circuits to determine that enforcement of the appeal waiver would not result in a miscarriage of justice?
Question Presented (OCR Extract)
QUESTION PRESENTED Did the Fourth Circuit err in finding that Petitioner’s plea waiver was knowing and voluntary and then applying a stricter standard than a number of other appellate circuits to determine that enforcement of the appeal waiver would not result in a miscarriage of justice? i
Docket Entries
2022-01-24
Petition DENIED.
2022-01-06
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/21/2022.
2021-12-30
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2021-12-13
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due January 18, 2022)
Attorneys
Leonus Stevenson Peterson
William Jeffrey Dinkin — William J. Dinkin, PLC, Petitioner
United States
Elizabeth B. Prelogar — Solicitor General, Respondent