No. 20-5717

William Bradner v. United States

Lower Court: Sixth Circuit
Docketed: 2020-09-16
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: constitutional-rights criminal-justice-system due-process government-breach plea-agreement plea-bargaining prosecutorial-misconduct sentencing sentencing-level sixth-circuit
Latest Conference: 2020-10-09
Question Presented (from Petition)

Whether the government breaches the bargain of a plea agreement by requesting a minimum sentencing level fifteen years longer than what it had explicitly agreed upon in a Plea Agreement.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the government breaches the bargain of a plea agreement by requesting a minimum sentencing level fifteen years longer than what it had explicitly agreed upon in a Plea Agreement

Docket Entries

2020-10-13
Petition DENIED.
2020-09-24
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/9/2020.
2020-09-21
Waiver of right of respondent United States of America to respond filed.
2020-09-08
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due October 16, 2020)

Attorneys

United States of America
Jeffrey B. WallActing Solicitor General, Respondent
William Bradner
Steven Douglas JaegerThe Jaeger Firm, PLLC, Petitioner