No. 25-5669

Stanislav Steven Yelizarov v. United States

Lower Court: Fourth Circuit
Docketed: 2025-09-17
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: actual-innocence appeal-waiver ineffective-counsel miscarriage-of-justice plea-agreement resentencing
Latest Conference: 2025-10-17
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether an appeal waiver in a plea agreement bars an appeal of a resentenced term when the defendant is actually innocent of one of the original charges

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

When a criminal defendant is resentenced after a conviction is vacated because he is actually innocent of the charge, does an appeal waiver in the plea agreement bar an appeal of the newly imposed sentence?

Docket Entries

2025-10-20
Petition DENIED.
2025-10-02
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/17/2025.
2025-09-30
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2025-09-15
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due October 17, 2025)

Attorneys

Stanislav Yelizarov
Meghan Suzanne SkeltonSkeltonLaw, LLC, Petitioner
Meghan Suzanne SkeltonSkeltonLaw, LLC, Petitioner
United States
D. John SauerSolicitor General, Respondent
D. John SauerSolicitor General, Respondent