No. 22-7106

Brian Keith Wells, aka B. K. Wells v. United States

Lower Court: Sixth Circuit
Docketed: 2023-03-24
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: counsel-denial criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing ineffective-assistance procedural-review role-enhancement sentencing sentencing-guidelines sixth-amendment sixth-circuit substantive-reasonableness ussg-3b1.1
Latest Conference: 2023-04-21
Question Presented (from Petition)

Whether this honorable Court should grant certiorari to review whether Mr. Wells request for new counsel should have been granted?

Whether this honorable Court should grant certiorari to review the Sixth Circuit's determination that a four-level role enhancement under USSG § 3B1.1(a) was appropriate?

Whether this honorable Court should grant certiorari to review the substantive reasonableness of Mr. Wells' sentence?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether Mr. Wells' request for new counsel should have been granted

Docket Entries

2023-04-24
Petition DENIED.
2023-04-06
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/21/2023.
2023-03-30
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2023-03-22
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due April 24, 2023)

Attorneys

Brian Wells
Stephenie Nichole LapeStephenie N. Lape, PLLC, Petitioner
United States
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent