No. 24-7304

Eric Alonzo Windham v. United States

Lower Court: Eleventh Circuit
Docketed: 2025-05-28
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: constitutional-rights criminal-procedure judicial-participation plain-error-review plea-negotiations safety-valve-eligibility
Latest Conference: 2025-06-26
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Eleventh Circuit's plain error review properly considered the full record under United States v. Davila when rejecting Mr. Windham's claim about judicial participation in plea negotiations, and whether repeated misstatements about safety-valve eligibility rendered Mr. Windham's plea invalid

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

I. Whether the Eleventh Circuit ’s plain error review properly considered the full record under United States v. Davila, 569 U.S. 597 (2013) , or wrongly limited itself to the second plea hearing, when it rejected Mr. Windham’s claim that but for improper judicial participation in plea negotiations, Mr. Windham would have exercised his constitutional right to a trial ? II. Whether repeated misstatements about safety -valve eligibility rendered Mr. Windham’s plea invalid under United States v. Dominguez Benitez , 542 U.S. 74 (2004) ?

Docket Entries

2025-06-30
Petition DENIED.
2025-06-11
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/26/2025.
2025-06-05
Waiver of United States of right to respond submitted.
2025-06-05
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2025-05-21
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due June 27, 2025)

Attorneys

Eric Windham
John Douglas LloydThe Law Office of J.D. Lloyd, Petitioner
John Douglas LloydThe Law Office of J.D. Lloyd, Petitioner
United States
D. John SauerSolicitor General, Respondent
D. John SauerSolicitor General, Respondent