Plea-Agreements

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
22-5107 Marcus Dwayne Pemberton v. United States Fourth Circuit 2022-07-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal-waiver appeal-waivers brady-standard brady-v-united-states circuit-split criminal-procedure miscarriage-of-justice plea-agreement plea-agreements sentencing-guideline sentencing-guidelines Should standards other than the knowing and voluntary waiver standard of Brady v. United States govern the enforcement of appeal waivers in plea agree…
21-6574 Robert Tracy Warterfield v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2021-12-10 Denied IFP appellate-jurisdiction constitutional-procedure contracts-clause due-process fifth-amendment first-amendment fourteenth-amendment interlocutory-appeal plea-agreements right-to-petition Can a lawfully perfected interlocutory appeal be mooted prior to resolution
21-6402 Nyambui Joe Gipson v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-11-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure due-process miscarriage-of-justice plea-agreements sentencing waivers-of-appeal Whether this Court should recognize a 'miscarriage of justice' exception to waivers of appeal in plea agreements?
21-6298 Ronald David McCalister, Jr. v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-11-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure due-process miscarriage-of-justice plea-agreements sentencing waivers-of-appeal Whether this Court should recognize a 'miscarriage of justice' exception to waivers of appeal in plea agreements?
20-8124 Lance Mitchell Owens v. Dexter Payne, Director, Arkansas Department of Correction Arkansas 2021-05-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment plea-agreement plea-agreements sentencing sentencing-procedure statutory-interpretation Are courts violating the Equal Protection Clause by excluding defendants in plea agreements from mandatory sentencing procedures?
20-5963 Daniel Edward Murray v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2020-10-08 Denied IFP aedpa aedpa-time-calculation hipaa hipaa-restrictions ineffective-assistance ineffective-counsel medical-records medical-records-disclosure plea-agreement plea-agreements pro-se pro-se-litigation If there is a set of plea agreements taken at the same time and the court of appeals reverses a part of the appealed agreement, does this start the AE…
19-8572 Roland Chambers, aka Troy Chambers v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-05-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-rights appellate-waiver collateral-relief criminal-sentencing judicial-integrity judicial-process plea-agreement plea-agreements sentencing-rights statutory-entitlement Are broad waivers of appellate rights lawful and, if so, what are the limits on their validity and enforcement?
19-6615 Jayvonne Johnson v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-11-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal-rights appellate-rights appellate-waiver collateral-relief criminal-sentencing due-process involuntary-waiver judicial-integrity judicial-process plea-agreement plea-agreements statutory-entitlement statutory-rights Are broad waivers of appellate rights lawful and, if so, what are the limits on their validity and enforcement?
19-6627 Andre Williamson v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-11-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP boykin-standard boykin-v-alabama due-process equal-protection judicial-fairness mental-health mental-health-defendant mental-health-defendants plea-agreement plea-agreements plea-bargaining sentencing strickland-standard strickland-v-washington Will the Supreme Court re-affirm Boykin v. Alabama and Strickland v. Washington for mentally challenged defendants?
18-6763 Luis Antonio Bonilla, Jr. v. United States Fourth Circuit 2018-11-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal-waiver appeal-waivers brady-standard brady-v-united-states circuit-split criminal-procedure judicial-discretion miscarriage-of-justice plea-agreement plea-agreements sentencing sentencing-guidelines sentencing-uniformity What standards should govern the enforcement of appeal waivers in plea agreements?
18-6148 Atul Nanda v. United States Fifth Circuit 2018-10-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP Brady-Doctrine brady-rule brady-v-maryland confrontation-clause due-process fifth-amendment Giglio-Doctrine giglio-rule giglio-v-united-states new-trial plea-agreement Plea-Agreements plea-bargaining sixth-amendment witness-testimony Are the defendants' constitutional rights under the sixth and fifth amendments violated when the government fails to fully disclose plea agreement ter…