No. 21-7117

Frederick Allen v. United States

Lower Court: Fifth Circuit
Docketed: 2022-02-15
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel government-misconduct ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-misconduct judicial-misrepresentation plagiarism witness-testimony
Key Terms:
DueProcess HabeasCorpus
Latest Conference: 2022-03-18
Question Presented (from Petition)

WAS DUE PROCESS VIOLATED WHEN THE DISTRICT COURT PLAGIARIZED A 31-COUNT WORD-FOR-WORD/COMMA-FOR-COMMA MISREPRESENTATION ORIGINALLY ATTRIBUTABLE TO THE GOVERNMENT UPON WHICH RELIEF WAS DENIED?

WAS FREDERICK OLLEN'S CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT TO THE EFFECTIVE ASSISTANCE OF COUNSEL VIOLATED WHEN HIS TRIAL COUNSEL FAILED TO RECOGNIZE AND OBJECT TO A MANIFEST ERROR WHEN THE GOVERNMENT FAILED TO DISCLOSE DURING OR BEFORE TRIAL THAT THE KEY WITNESS HAD BEEN SPARED A MANDATORY LIFE SENTENCE IN EXCHANGE FOR HIS COOPERATION?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Was Frederick Muse's constitutional right to due process violated when the district court plagiarized a 31-count word-for-word/comma-for-comma misrepresentation originally attributable to the government upon which relief was denied?

Docket Entries

2022-03-21
Petition DENIED.
2022-02-24
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/18/2022.
2022-02-22
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2022-02-08
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due March 17, 2022)

Attorneys

Frederick Allen
Frederick Allen — Petitioner
United States
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent