No. 21-238

Keith Foster v. United States

Lower Court: Ninth Circuit
Docketed: 2021-08-18
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived
Tags: appellate-review certificate-of-appealability circuit-court due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-misconduct judicial-precedent judicial-procedure legal-conflict prosecutorial-misconduct
Key Terms:
DueProcess HabeasCorpus Privacy
Latest Conference: 2021-10-08
Question Presented (from Petition)

1. How can panels of Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals affirm decisions as matters of law, that are in direct conflict with previously established binding Precedents of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals; and Precedents established by the United States Supreme Court?

2. Should the petitioner have been granted a judgment of Acquittal by the District Court?

3. Should the petitioner's 28 U.S.C. § 2255 motion have been granted by the District Court?

4. Should the Trial Judge have recused himself from presiding over the petitioner's trial?

5. Should the petitioner have been granted a Certificate of Appealability by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

how-can-panels-of-ninth-circuit-court-of-appeals-affirm-decisions-as-matters-of-law-that-are-in-direct-conflict-with-previously-established-binding-precedents

Docket Entries

2021-10-12
Petition DENIED.
2021-09-15
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/8/2021.
2021-09-08
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2021-08-13
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due September 17, 2021)

Attorneys

Keith Foster
Keith Foster — Petitioner
United States
Brian H. FletcherActing Solicitor General, Respondent