No. 23-6774

Tremayne Silas v. United States

Lower Court: Eighth Circuit
Docketed: 2024-02-16
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: ambiguity appeal-waiver circuit-court criminal-appeal guilty-plea involuntary involuntary-plea legal-ambiguity summary-reversal
Latest Conference: 2024-03-15
Question Presented (from Petition)

Whether this Court should summarily reverse the Eighth Circuit's dismissal of Silas's appeal when the appeal waiver is ambiguous as to whether it applies to a claim that Silas's guilty plea was involuntary?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether this Court should summarily reverse the Eighth Circuit's dismissal of Silas's appeal when the appeal waiver is ambiguous as to whether it applies to a claim that Silas's guilty plea was involuntary?

Docket Entries

2024-03-18
Petition DENIED.
2024-02-29
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/15/2024.
2024-02-22
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2024-02-13
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due March 18, 2024)

Attorneys

Tremayne Silas
Kevin Louis SchrienerLaw & Schriener, LLC, Petitioner
United States
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent