No. 25-254

Khamraj Lall v. United States

Lower Court: Third Circuit
Docketed: 2025-09-04
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived
Tags: appellate-procedure constitutional-rights due-process judicial-review legal-standard sentence-reduction
Key Terms:
DueProcess
Latest Conference: 2025-10-17
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Third Circuit Court of Appeals violated fundamental due process principles by granting a stay to delay proceedings until an unfavorable law change and subsequently applying the new legal standard to deny Petitioner's motion for sentence reduction

Question Presented (from Petition)

1. Whether the Third Circuit Court of Appeals violated fundamental due process principles by granting a stay requested by the government to delay proceedings until after an unfavorable change in law and subsequently applying the new legal standard to deny Petitioner ’s motion for a two-point sentence reduction. 2. Whether the Third Circuit ’s refusal to grant en banc rehearing, despite existing precedents in the circuit that support Petitioner ’s position, violated the Petitioner ’s right to fair judicial review. 3. Whether the apparent coordination between the government and the appellate court undermines the integrity of the judicial process and constitutes a violation of the Petitioner ’s constitutional right to an impartial tribunal. ii TABLE OF APPENDICES Page

Docket Entries

2025-10-20
Petition DENIED.
2025-10-01
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/17/2025.
2025-09-23
Waiver of United States of right to respond submitted.
2025-09-23
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2025-02-05
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due October 6, 2025)

Attorneys

Khamraj Lall
Khamraj Lall — Petitioner
Khamraj Lall — Petitioner
United States
D. John SauerSolicitor General, Respondent
D. John SauerSolicitor General, Respondent