No. 23-5239

Samuel Trelawney Hughes v. United States

Lower Court: Ninth Circuit
Docketed: 2023-07-28
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: autism-spectrum-disorder boykin boykin-standard change-of-plea cognitive-deficiencies cognitive-deficiency criminal-procedure district-court-record due-process plea-hearing
Latest Conference: 2023-09-26
Question Presented (from Petition)

Did the Ninth Circuit's rejecting Petitioner's due process claim
regarding his change-of-plea hearing conflict with Boykin and its progeny,
particularly considering that the district court record in its totality evidenced that
Petitioner had serious cognitive deficiencies associated with his having Autism
Spectrum Disorder, about which the district court did not inquire?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Did the Ninth Circuit's rejecting Petitioner's due-process claim regarding his change-of-plea hearing conflict with Boykin-and-its-progeny, particularly considering that the district-court-record in its totality evidenced that Petitioner had serious-cognitive-deficiencies associated with his having Autism-Spectrum-Disorder, about which the district-court did not inquire?

Docket Entries

2023-10-02
Petition DENIED.
2023-08-10
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/26/2023.
2023-08-03
Waiver of right of respondent United States of America to respond filed.
2023-07-24
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due August 28, 2023)

Attorneys

Samuel Hughes
David Andrew SchlesingerJacobs & Schlesinger LLP, Petitioner
United States of America
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent