No. 23-1288

Nicholas Newman v. United States

Lower Court: Tenth Circuit
Docketed: 2024-06-10
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Experienced Counsel
Tags: actual-innocence assault-federal-officer collateral-attack-waiver criminal-law-procedure criminal-procedure federal-criminal-law habeas-corpus plea-agreement statutory-interpretation tenth-circuit
Key Terms:
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Latest Conference: 2024-09-30
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether reasonable jurists could debate whether assault on a federal officer under 18 U.S.C. § 111 can be committed by reckless contact with another person

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED This petition seeks an order granting a certificate of appealability or, in the alternative, plenary review of the following questions: 1. Whether reasonable jurists could debate whether assault on a federal officer under 18 U.S.C. § 111 can be committed by reckless contact with another person (or, instead, requires the government to prove intentionality) when the statute criminalizes mere “simple assault,” numerous other federal assault crimes require mere recklessness, and no controlling Tenth Circuit precedent forecloses that construction of the statute. 2. Whether reasonable jurists could debate whether a collateral attack waiver in a plea agreement is unenforceable when it would prevent a petitioner from obtaining habeas relief from a crime of which he is actually innocent, when the Fourth Circuit has held that collateral attack waivers are unenforceable in such cases, and no controlling Tenth Circuit precedent forecloses such a holding. (i)

Docket Entries

2024-10-07
Petition DENIED.
2024-08-28
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/30/2024.
2024-08-26
Reply of Nicholas Newman submitted.
2024-08-26
2024-08-09
Brief of United States in opposition submitted.
2024-08-09
Brief of respondent United States in opposition filed.
2024-07-08
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including August 9, 2024.
2024-07-05
Motion of United States for an extension of time submitted.
2024-07-05
Motion to extend the time to file a response from July 10, 2024 to August 9, 2024, submitted to The Clerk.
2024-06-06

Attorneys

Nicholas Newman
Andrew Timothy TuttArnold & Porter Kaye Scholer, Petitioner
Andrew Timothy TuttArnold & Porter Kaye Scholer, Petitioner
United States
Elizabeth B. Prelogar — Respondent
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent