No. 21-6447
Logan Bailey Lawrence v. United States
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: appellate-review criminal-sentencing due-process estoppel government-discretion waiver-of-appeal
Latest Conference:
2022-01-07
Question Presented (from Petition)
Where the Government strenuously argues for below-Guidelines sentencing, but the District Court refuses, should the Government be estopped from precluding appellate review of the District Court's refusal by invoking a waiver of appeal?
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether the Government should be estopped from precluding appellate review of the District Court's refusal to impose a below-Guidelines sentence by invoking a waiver of appeal
Docket Entries
2022-01-10
Petition DENIED.
2021-12-16
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/7/2022.
2021-12-14
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2021-11-23
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due December 30, 2021)
Attorneys
Logan Bailey Lawrence
John Charles Bennett — Texas Dept. of Crim. Justice, Petitioner
United States
Elizabeth B. Prelogar — Solicitor General, Respondent