No. 21-8226

Eric C. Sutherland v. United States

Lower Court: Sixth Circuit
Docketed: 2022-06-23
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: aedpa-statute-of-limitations constitutional-claim habeas-corpus indictment indictment-sufficiency jurisdictional-challenge new-evidence procedural-default schlup-standard schlup-v-delo subject-matter-jurisdiction
Latest Conference: 2022-09-28
Question Presented (from Petition)

1. IF-AN INDICTMENT OMITS AN ESSENTIAL ELEMENT AND A PRISONER FILES A §2255 A FEW MONTHS AFTER AEDPA'S ONE-YEAR STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS HAS PASSED, IN ASSERTING HIS INNOCENCE THAT THE INDICTMENT IS FUNDAMENTALLY FLAWED FOR FAILURE TO STATE A VALID FEDERAL OFFENSE; IS THAT PRISONER SUBJECT TO THE SHLUP v. DELO STANDARD OF PROOF REQUIRING INTRODUCTION OF "NEW EVIDENCE" WHEN THERE IS NO "NEW EVIDENCE" TO PRODUCE, BUT RATHER A SUBSTANTIVE CLAIM IS ASSERTED AS TO THE SUBJECT MATTER JURISDICTION IN REGARD TO THE INDICTMENTS OMISSION OF AN ESSENTIAL ELEMENT?

2. CAN A PRISONER PASS THROUGH THE GATE IF HE ASSERTS THAT THE INDICTMENT CHARGES NO VALID FEDERAL OFFENSE AND CAN PROVE THE INDICTMENT IS INSUFFICIENT?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

If an indictment omits an essential element and a prisoner files a §2255 after AEDPA's one-year statute of limitations has passed, in asserting his innocence that the indictment is fundamentally flawed for failure to state a valid federal offense; is that prisoner subject to the Schlup v. Delo standard of proof requiring introduction of 'new evidence' when there is no 'new evidence' to produce, but rather a substantive claim is asserted as to the subject matter jurisdiction in regard to the indictment's omission of an essential element

Docket Entries

2022-10-03
Petition DENIED.
2022-07-14
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/28/2022.
2022-07-06
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2022-06-16
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due July 25, 2022)

Attorneys

Eric C. Sutherland
Eric C. Sutherland — Petitioner
United States
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent