No. 20-30

Nigel Christopher Paul Martin v. United States

Lower Court: Eleventh Circuit
Docketed: 2020-07-16
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived Experienced Counsel
Tags: criminal-procedure immigration immigration-consequences ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel mandatory-deportation padilla-claim padilla-v-kentucky plea-agreement plea-bargaining post-conviction-relief
Latest Conference: 2020-09-29
Question Presented (from Petition)

Is a defendant categorically prohibited from establishing an ineffective assistance of counsel claim under Padilla v. Kentucky, 559 U.S. 356 (2010), where he is advised in the plea agreement and during the plea colloquy that he faces the possibility of mandatory removal and states that he seeks to enter a guilty plea regardless of the immigration consequences?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Is a defendant categorically prohibited from establishing an ineffective assistance of counsel claim under Padilla v. Kentucky, 559 U.S. 356 (2010), where he is advised in the plea agreement and during the plea colloquy that he faces the possibility of mandatory removal and states that he seeks to enter a guilty plea regardless of the immigration consequences?

Docket Entries

2020-10-05
Petition DENIED.
2020-07-22
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2020.
2020-07-20
Waiver of right of respondent United States of Americe to respond filed.
2020-07-02
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due August 17, 2020)

Attorneys

Nigel Christopher Paul Martin
Andrew Brooks Greenlee — Petitioner
United States of Americe
Jeffrey B. WallActing Solicitor General, Respondent