government-motion
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| Case | Title | Lower Court | Docketed | Status | Flags | Tags | Question Presented |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25-6601 | Melvon Adams v. United States | Second Circuit | 2026-01-16 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | appellate-procedure criminal-appeals equitable-tolling government-motion jurisdictional-limits time-limitations | Some lower courts hold that even when extraordinary circumstances prevent a defendant's timely filing of a notice of appeal in a criminal case, Rule 4… |
| 24-6055 | Sandra Lee Bart v. United States | Eighth Circuit | 2024-12-03 | Denied | Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP | asset-seizure compulsory-process constitutional-rights due-process fraud-on-court government-motion | 1. Whether Fraud on the Court occurred when the Government's Motion for Protective Order and [redacted text] though they were not procedurally applied… |
| 24-5555 | Jermall Johnson v. United States | Third Circuit | 2024-09-16 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | appellate-review government-motion judicial-procedure motion-for-summary-action summary-judgment third-circuit | Whether the Third Circuit Court of Appeals erred in granting the Government's Motion for Summary Action. |
| 21-7322 | James Earl Harper v. United States | Fourth Circuit | 2022-03-09 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | breach-of-agreement breach-of-contract criminal-procedure due-process government-contract government-motion incarceration plea-agreement sentencing | 1. Whether the Government should have been bound by the provisions of the Plea Agreement as the Petitioner did not breach the provisions contained the… |
| 21-6064 | Robert William Knopping v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2021-10-26 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | acceptance-of-responsibility criminal-procedure district-court district-court-discretion downward-departure government-motion sentencing sentencing-guidelines third-level-reduction u.s.s.g. | Under what circumstances can the district court at sentencing deny the government's motion for a third-level reduction for acceptance of responsibilit… |
| 20-7608 | Emmanuel Oluwatosin Kazeem v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2021-03-31 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 18-usc-3161 diligent-preparation due-process government-motion speedy-trial-act trial-continuance | Whether the district court violated the Speedy Trial Act, 18 U.S.C. § 3161, et seq., when it granted the government's motion to continue the trial eve… |
| 20-7037 | Elias Junior Rodriguez v. United States | Fourth Circuit | 2021-02-04 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 5K1.1-motion appellate-review criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing downward-variance government-motion judicial-discretion sentencing sentencing-guidelines U.S.S.G.-5K1.1 | 1. DOES A COURT VIOLATE THIS COURT'S HOLDING IN GALL v. UNITED STATES, 552 U.S. 38 (2007) BY FAILING TO ADEQUATELY EXPLAIN TO WHAT EXTENT THE COURT'S … |
| 20-5985 | Derrick Kennedy Crumpton v. United States | Sixth Circuit | 2020-10-09 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | bad-faith-review circuit-court-split criminal-procedure government-discretion government-motion judicial-review plea-agreement proffer-agreement sentencing sentencing-guidelines | What is the scope of judicial review when the defendant and the government have entered in a Plea Agreement and/or a Proffer Agreement in which the go… |