No. 22-485

Kenneth Charles McNeil v. United States

Lower Court: Ninth Circuit
Docketed: 2022-11-22
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived
Tags: all-writs-act coram-nobis courts-of-equity criminal-judgment criminal-procedure equity evidentiary-hearing federal-courts habeas-corpus statutory-interpretation
Latest Conference: 2023-01-06
Question Presented (from Petition)

Whether federal courts of equity had jurisdiction to correct criminal judgments after completion of the sentence, and, if so, whether federal courts violate the All-Writs Act in coram nobis proceedings by relying upon 28 U.S.C. § 2255 evidentiary hearing procedures instead of the courts of equity hearing procedures.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether federal courts of equity had jurisdiction to correct criminal judgments after completion of the sentence, and, if so, whether federal courts violate the All-Writs Act in coram nobis proceedings by relying upon 28 U.S.C. § 2255 evidentiary hearing procedures instead of the courts of equity hearing procedures

Docket Entries

2023-01-09
Petition DENIED.
2022-12-07
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/6/2023.
2022-12-05
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2022-11-18
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due December 22, 2022)

Attorneys

Kenneth C. McNeil
Kenneth C. McNeil Jr. — Petitioner
United States
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent