No. 24-7520

Salvador Nolasco Romero v. United States

Lower Court: Tenth Circuit
Docketed: 2025-06-27
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: circuit-split criminal-procedure district-court guilty-plea judicial-discretion legal-error
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Latest Conference: 2025-09-29
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Does the district court commit legal error in rejecting a guilty plea based on a legally inadequate defense, or can the district court reject it in an exercise of its general discretion?

Question Presented (from Petition)

is: Does the district court commit legal error in rejecting a guilty plea based on a legally inadequate defense, as the Seventh Circuit has held, or can the district court reject it in an exercise of its general discretion, as the Tenth Circuit held here?

Docket Entries

2025-10-06
Petition DENIED.
2025-07-10
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2025.
2025-07-08
Waiver of United States of right to respond submitted.
2025-07-08
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2025-06-24
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due July 28, 2025)

Attorneys

Salvador Romero
Jacob Rasch-ChabotOffice of the Federal Public Defender, Petitioner
Jacob Rasch-ChabotOffice of the Federal Public Defender, Petitioner
United States
D. John SauerSolicitor General, Respondent
D. John SauerSolicitor General, Respondent
Moez Mansoor KabaHueston Hennigan LLP, Respondent