No. 20-7767

Zonta Tavarus Ellison v. United States

Lower Court: Fourth Circuit
Docketed: 2021-04-14
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: actual-innocence civil-rights due-process enactment-of-2255 fair-trial resentencing
Key Terms:
DueProcess FifthAmendment
Latest Conference: 2021-05-13
Question Presented (from Petition)

ThIS CASE pRESENMPRtANt NATONWI SUESCONCERNiNg WhAtCONSESA
UNDER 28 U.S. C.$2AS5. THEQUESTION,
Of WhAT CONSTiTUTES "FUNCAMENTAL FAiRNESS" hAS GONE UNANSWEREd SINCE thE
ENACTMENT OF S aASS. ThIS pETITiON REPRESENTS AN OPPORTUNITy FOR thE SUPREME
COURT tO PROVIdE ABRiIght TiNe thATdEFiNES thE MEANING OF A" FAiR tRIAl" AND
PROCEEDING UNDER THE IAW.

DId CONgRESS SEEk tO dEPRIVE A pERSON of thEiR RighT tO"DUE PROCESS oflAW"
tO PROVE "ACTUAl iNNOCENCE" pURSUANT TO Q8 U.S.C.$ dA53 (C)(2), iN /IghTOP this
COURt'S RUiNg iN MCQUIGGIN V. PERKINS, 133 5.Ct.1924 (2013)?

Dd CONRESS iNtENd FOR thE lOWER COURT tO VIOlA A PEiIONER Fifh
AMENdMENt "DUE PROcEss"Rights by OvERlOOkiNg thE fACt thAt pEtHHONER
ASSERTEd A COLORAbLE ClAiM COGNiZAbLE FOR RE/IEF UNdER SECTION BASS(a)?

Dd CoNgSiERy A i AANARity e U.D
3

COURTS, O ERMINE FOR tHEMSELVES WHAT "ENAPMEN"MEANS UNDER THE /AW N
ligh of this COURt's RUliNg iN ROViAOV. UNitEStAES, 353 U.S.5 (1956)?

D CONgRES N thE OERCUR hE jR VERRUA
dETERMINE POR THEMSE/VES, WhICh AIFORD PLEA CONVIEHIONS QUALiFIEd FOR ENHANCEMENT PURPOSES PURSUANT I U.S.C.S85I ANd thIS COURT'S RUlING iN SHEPARD
V. UNITEDSTATES, 544 U.S. 13 (A005)?

⑤ Did CONGRESS iNtENd FOR ACiFiZEN
ACCUSEd OFAViOlATiON Of 2lU.S.C.
§841tObE dENisd hE"EffECtiVEAsSiSANCE oFCOUNSElAtA CRiTiCAlstAgE Of
iRSEIP
ThE tRiAl PRO CEEDiNg FORCINg tHEACCUSE

Question Presented (AI Summary)

what-constitutes-a-fundamentally-just-resentencing-under-28-usc-2255

Docket Entries

2021-05-17
Petition DENIED.
2021-04-28
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/13/2021.
2021-04-20
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2021-03-19
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due May 14, 2021)

Attorneys

United States
Elizabeth B. PrelogarActing Solicitor General, Respondent
Zonta Tavarus Ellison
Zonta Tavarus Ellison# 27066-058, Petitioner