No. 22-7605

Sealed Appellant v. United States

Lower Court: Ninth Circuit
Docketed: 2023-05-22
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP Experienced Counsel
Tags: bad-faith cooperation cooperation-agreement criminal-procedure due-process government-misconduct guilty-plea plea-bargaining prosecutorial-discretion section-3553e sentencing sentencing-relief
Key Terms:
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Latest Conference: 2023-06-15 (distributed 2 times)
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Did the government act in bad faith by denying 18-U.S.C.-3553(e) relief to Petitioner

Question Presented (from Petition)

QUESTION PRESENTED FOR REVIEW Did the government act in bad faith by denying 18 U.S.C. § 3553(e) relief to Petitioner when, after securing his guilty plea with the promise that it would make a good faith determination whether to make a section 3553(e) motion due to his cooperation, it declined to make the motion based exclusively upon facts it knew at the time of Petitioner’s plea? Prefix

Docket Entries

2023-06-20
Petition DENIED.
2023-05-31
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/15/2023.
2023-05-24
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2023-05-22
Motion (22M105) for leave to file a petition for a writ of certiorari under seal with redacted copies for the public record Granted.
2023-05-02
MOTION (22M105) DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/18/2023.
2023-02-22
Motion (22M105) for leave to file a petition for a writ of certiorari under seal with redacted copies for the public record filed.
2023-02-22
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due June 21, 2023)

Attorneys

Sealed Appellant
Gary Paul BurchamBurcham & Zugman, Petitioner
Gary Paul BurchamBurcham & Zugman, Petitioner
United States
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent