No. 24-6181

Richard Grier v. United States

Lower Court: Fourth Circuit
Docketed: 2024-12-20
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: case-dismissal court-discretion discovery-motion guilty-plea judicial-review sentencing-error
Latest Conference: 2025-01-24
Question Presented (from Petition)

1. DID THE (MAGISTRATE) COURT ABUSE ITS DISCRETION WHEN IT DENIED (GRIFF'S/PETITIONER'S) MOTION TO RECEIVE DISCOVERY FILES?

2. DID THE (MAGISTRATE) COURT ERR AND COMMIT MISCONDUCT BY FORCING (GRIFF'S/PETITIONER'S) TO RELY ON (COURT-APPOINTED) COUNSEL (CHRISTOPHER)?

3. DID THE (MAGISTRATE) COURT DISMISS (GRIFF'S) CASE ON DECEMBER 14, 2022, IF HE (GRIFF'S) WANTED TO REVIEW THE OUTCOME?

4. DID THE SENTENCING (MAGISTRATE) COURT ERR IN ACCEPTING (GRIFF'S) GUILTY PLEA (PLEA)?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Did the lower court abuse its discretion when it denied petitioner's motion to receive discovery files and dismissed the case in December 2022 despite potential errors in sentencing and guilty plea acceptance?

Docket Entries

2025-01-27
Petition DENIED.
2025-01-09
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/24/2025.
2025-01-07
Waiver of United States of right to respond submitted.
2025-01-07
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2024-10-01
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due January 21, 2025)

Attorneys

Richard Grier
Richard Grier — Petitioner
United States
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent
Sarah M. HarrisActing Solicitor General, Respondent