government-promise
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| Case | Title | Lower Court | Docketed | Status | Flags | Tags | Question Presented |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22-537 | Ramy Eid Zaki Hakim v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2022-12-12 | Denied | Response Waived | due-process evidentiary-hearing government-inducement government-promise guilty-plea immigration-status judicial-review plea-bargaining plea-withdrawal | When can a defendant withdraw a guilty plea induced by the government's promise to assist with immigration status? |
| 19-8523 | Christian James v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2020-05-22 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | circuit-split due-process fifth-circuit government-promise obstruction-of-justice sentencing sentencing-guidelines substantial-justice united-states-sentencing-guidelines writ-of-certiorari | Whether the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals opinion rejecting James's claim that the Government made an implied promise that any obstruction of justice… |