No. 22-6616

Brian Cota v. United States

Lower Court: Ninth Circuit
Docketed: 2023-01-24
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: appellate-review criminal-law criminal-sentencing due-process notice plea-bargaining plea-negotiation sentencing sentencing-guidelines supervised-release
Key Terms:
DueProcess HabeasCorpus
Latest Conference: 2023-02-17
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the court of appeals erred by concluding that Mr. Cota can be subject to a life time of supervised release, and thereby a lifetime of revocation custodial sentences, despite never being advised as such prior to pleading guilty

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED Whether the court of appeals erred by concluding that Mr. Cota can be subject to a life time of supervised release, and thereby a lifetime of revocation custodial sentences, despite never being advised as such prior to pleading guilty.

Docket Entries

2023-02-21
Petition DENIED.
2023-02-02
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/17/2023.
2023-01-27
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2023-01-18
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due February 23, 2023)

Attorneys

Brian Cota
James Michael ChavezLaw Office of James M. Chavez, Petitioner
James Michael ChavezLaw Office of James M. Chavez, Petitioner
United States
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent