No. 20-5985

Derrick Kennedy Crumpton v. United States

Lower Court: Sixth Circuit
Docketed: 2020-10-09
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: bad-faith-review circuit-court-split criminal-procedure government-discretion government-motion judicial-review plea-agreement proffer-agreement sentencing sentencing-guidelines
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Latest Conference: 2020-11-20
Question Presented (from Petition)

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 government agrees to consider making a substantial-assistance motion on the defendant's behalf but thereafter refuses to make the substantial-assistance motion on the defendant's behalf?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

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 government agrees to consider making a motion on the defendant's behalf but thereafter refuses to make the motion on the defendant's behalf?

Docket Entries

2020-11-23
Petition DENIED.
2020-11-05
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/20/2020.
2020-10-20
Waiver of right of respondent United States of America to respond filed.
2020-10-05
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due November 9, 2020)

Attorneys

Derrick Crumpton
Barry Jason McWhirterMcWhirter Law Firm, PLLC, Petitioner
United States of America
Jeffrey B. WallActing Solicitor General, Respondent