No. 21-6644

Ashot Minasyan v. United States

Lower Court: Ninth Circuit
Docketed: 2021-12-16
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: appeal-waiver criminal-procedure due-process plea-agreement plea-bargaining prosecutorial-misconduct sentencing voluntary-plea
Key Terms:
DueProcess
Latest Conference: 2022-01-21
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether Minasyan's waiver of appeal is unenforceable

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED Whether Minasyan’s waiver of appeal is unenforceable for the following reasons: because it was not knowing, intelligent and voluntary, and because Minasyan’s sentence violated the law; because the government breached the plea agreement and committed prosecutorial misconduct; and because Minasyan’s guilty plea was not voluntary, knowing and intelligent for the reason that Minasyan was misinformed about the elements of the offense i Statement of

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

Ashot Minasyan
Kathryn Ann YoungOffice of the Federal Public Defender, Petitioner
United States
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent