government-discretion

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
22-7421 Michael Anthony McDowell, aka Red v. United States Fourth Circuit 2023-05-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP compel criminal-procedure district-court due-process government-discretion government-refusal judicial-review rule-35 rule-35-motion standing Whether the due process rights of Petitioner violated by the Government's refusal to file a Rule 35 motion, and the district court's refusal to compel…
21-7867 Jasper B. Mackey, Jr. v. United States Fourth Circuit 2022-05-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-sentencing due-process fourth-circuit government-discretion mandatory-minimum plea-agreement sentencing substantial-assistance I. The United States Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals erred in affirming the district court's judgment which did not depart below the mandatory minimum…
21-7390 Choya Dwayne Hailey v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-03-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP 5k1.1 5K1.1-motion breach-of-contract criminal-procedure downward-departure government-breach government-discretion plea-agreement sentencing-guidelines Whether the government breached the supplemental plea agreement when it declined to move for a downward departure under U.S. Sentencing Guidelines Man…
21-6447 Logan Bailey Lawrence v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-11-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review criminal-sentencing due-process estoppel government-discretion waiver-of-appeal Where the Government strenuously argues for below-Guidelines sentencing, but the District Court refuses, should the Government be estopped from preclu…
21-766 Douglass Properties II, LLC v. City of Olympia, Washington Washington 2021-11-23 Denied constitutional-scrutiny due-process government-discretion impact-fees koontz-v-st-johns land-use land-use-permit nollan-dolan-doctrine nollan-v-california-coastal-commission property-rights takings Whether, after Koontz, the Nollan/Dolan doctrine applies generally to impact fees, i.e., whether after Koontz there is any distinction between "adjudi…
21-5335 Omar Israel-Griffin v. United States Sixth Circuit 2021-08-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law constitutional-provisions contract-law cooperation criminal-procedure due-process federal-procurement government-contract government-discretion plea-agreement statutory-interpretation withdrawal When a defendant enters a plea agreement (guilty/nolo contendere), providing that the government is allowed to withdraw if the government believes the…
20-5985 Derrick Kennedy Crumpton v. United States Sixth Circuit 2020-10-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP bad-faith-review circuit-court-split criminal-procedure government-discretion government-motion judicial-review plea-agreement proffer-agreement sentencing sentencing-guidelines What is the scope of judicial review when the defendant and the government have entered in a Plea Agreement and/or a Proffer Agreement in which the go…
20-5715 Martin Rogelio Longoria v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-09-16 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3)IFP at sentencing may withhold a motion for a third-level reduction acceptance-of-responsibility circuit-split criminal-procedure government-discretion motion-to-suppress plea-bargaining sentencing-guidelines Whether the government, at sentencing, may withhold a motion for a third-level reduction for acceptance of responsibility under USSG § 3E1.1(b) on the…
20-5382 William Charles Graham v. United States Eighth Circuit 2020-08-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitution constitutional-rights due-process federal-system government-discretion judicial-independence legal-safeguards standing Is the Constitution of the Unifed States of Amenico, its Arhickes, and its Amendments the Supreme law of the land ? 2. Is slavery abolished in its le…
20-160 Ahmed Halim v. United States Federal Circuit 2020-08-14 Denied Response Waived administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights due-diligence good-faith government-discretion housing-regulations official-good-faith standing state-variance takings What are the limits on due diligence? Do government officials act in good faith all the time? Can the government punish the petitioner for reasons B…
19-7984 Danny Pereda v. United States Ninth Circuit 2020-03-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP 6th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-law criminal-law due-process government-discretion government-procedures jury-trial sentencing-guidelines Question not identified.
19-5811 Joe Edger v. United States Eighth Circuit 2019-09-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP ambiguity conflict constitutional-rights contract-law court-of-appeals criminal-procedure criminal-process due-process government-discretion plea-agreement prosecutorial-misconduct 1. Does the phrase "cited in the affense of conviction" mean "information used in a partriular count of an indictment or information that initiat the …