No. 21-6656

Azizjon Rakhmatov v. United States

Lower Court: Second Circuit
Docketed: 2021-12-17
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: appellate-waiver constitutional-rights cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process equal-protection guilty-plea plea-agreement right-to-appeal right-to-counsel sentencing-bias
Key Terms:
DueProcess Takings FifthAmendment Punishment HabeasCorpus JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference: 2022-01-21
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a sentence based on racial and ethnic bias can be appealed pursuant to the Constitutional rights to due process and equal protection of the laws, to counsel, and against cruel and unusual punishment, and the statutory right to appeal, notwithstanding an appellate waiver in a guilty plea agreement?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

Question Presented Whether a sentence based on racial and ethnic bias can be appealed pursuant to the Constitutional rights to due process and equal protection of the laws, to counsel, and against cruel and unusual punishment, and the statutory right to appeal, notwithstanding an appellate waiver in a guilty plea agreement? 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 of America to respond filed.
2021-12-15
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due January 18, 2022)

Attorneys

Azizjon Rakhmatov
Lawrence SternLaw Office of Lawrence Mark Stern, Petitioner
Lawrence SternLaw Office of Lawrence Mark Stern, Petitioner
United States of America
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent