No. 18-5014

Marcus Allen v. United States

Lower Court: Eighth Circuit
Docketed: 2018-06-28
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: 2255-motion brady-violation certificate-of-appealability civil-rights due-process due-process,equal-protection,brady-violation,2255- equal-protection fourteenth-amendment judicial-integrity petition-for-rehearing plain-error
Latest Conference: 2018-09-24
Question Presented (from Petition)

Did lower court violate petitioner's rights under the Fourteenth Amendment of Equal Protection under the law, when petitioner provided evidence the Government committed a Brady violation but lower courts still denied petitioner's 2255 motion, motion for new trial, certificate of appealability and petition for rehearing?

Was it a plain error, when lower courts failed to uphold the integrity of the judicial proceedings and vacate the petitioner's sentence knowing the Government had committed a Brady violation.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Did lower court violate petitioner's rights under the Fourteenth Amendment of Equal Protection under the law, when petitioner provided evidence the Government committed a Brady violation but lower courts still denied petitioner's 2255 motion, motion for new trial, certificate of appealability and petition for rehearing?

Docket Entries

2018-10-01
Petition DENIED.
2018-07-12
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/24/2018.
2018-07-10
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2018-04-25
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due July 30, 2018)

Attorneys

Marcus Allen
Marcus Allen — Petitioner
United States
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent