No. 24-6261

Thaddeus J. Culpepper v. United States

Lower Court: Ninth Circuit
Docketed: 2025-01-10
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: appellate-waiver constitutional-rights guilty-plea plea-agreement pretrial-detention voluntariness
Key Terms:
DueProcess FifthAmendment
Latest Conference: 2025-02-21
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Does an appellate waiver in a plea agreement, that specifically excepts challenges to the voluntariness of a guilty plea, bar the appellate argument that the guilty plea was involuntary because of an unconstitutionally coercive pretrial detention?

Question Presented (from Petition)

Does an appellate waiver in a plea agreement, that specifically excepts challenges to the voluntariness of a guilty plea , bar the appellate argument that the guilty plea was involuntary because of an unconstitutionally coercive pretrial detention?

Docket Entries

2025-02-24
Petition DENIED.
2025-01-23
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/21/2025.
2025-01-17
Waiver of United States of right to respond submitted.
2025-01-17
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2025-01-02
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due February 10, 2025)

Attorneys

Thaddeus Culpepper
Kenneth M. Miller — Petitioner
Kenneth M. Miller — Petitioner
United States
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent
Sarah M. HarrisActing Solicitor General, Respondent
Sarah M. HarrisActing Solicitor General, Respondent