No. 22-537

Ramy Eid Zaki Hakim v. United States

Lower Court: Ninth Circuit
Docketed: 2022-12-12
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived Experienced Counsel
Tags: due-process evidentiary-hearing government-inducement government-promise guilty-plea immigration-status judicial-review plea-bargaining plea-withdrawal
Key Terms:
HabeasCorpus Immigration
Latest Conference: 2023-01-20
Question Presented (from Petition)

When Can a Defendant, Induced to Enter a Guilty Plea by the Government's Promise to Assist the Defendant with His Immigration Status, Move to Withdraw His Guilty Plea?

Did the District Court Err By Failing to Hold an Evidentiary Hearing to Allow the Defendant to Prove the Government Failed to Assist Him with His Immigration Status?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

When can a defendant withdraw a guilty plea induced by the government's promise to assist with immigration status?

Docket Entries

2023-01-23
Petition DENIED.
2023-01-04
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/20/2023.
2022-12-30
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
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2022-12-07
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due January 11, 2023)
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Attorneys

Ramy Hakim
Rose Fay Arfa — Fay Arfa, A Law Corporation, Petitioner
United States of America
Elizabeth B. Prelogar — Solicitor General, Respondent