No. 21-6793
Markette Tillman v. United States
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: appeals-court attorney-dismissal attorney-firing clear-error constitutional-rights interlocutory interlocutory-appeal sixth-amendment speedy-trial
Latest Conference:
2022-02-18
Question Presented (from Petition)
1. Where the appeals court previously found that it was clear error to fire a defendant's attorney in an interlocutory context, does the Sixth Amendment compel the court to find clear error on the defendant's subsequent appeal?
2. Where a defendant has to wait six years to go to trial due in substantial part to the district court's erroneous firing of his attorney, is his Speedy Trial right violated under the Sixth Amendment?
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Where the appeals court previously found that it was clear error to fire a defendant's attorney in an interlocutory context, does the Sixth Amendment compel the court to find clear error on the defendant's subsequent appeal?
Docket Entries
2022-02-22
Petition DENIED.
2022-01-20
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/18/2022.
2022-01-12
Waiver of right of respondent United States of America to respond filed.
2021-12-30
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due February 9, 2022)
Attorneys
Markette Tillman
Jim Hoffman — Petitioner
United States of America
Elizabeth B. Prelogar — Solicitor General, Respondent