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John Hanlon v. United States

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, No. 16-17457 · judgment August 2, 2017

Certiorari denied · February 20, 2018

Pre-decision estimate: 2% cert probability

Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.

Questions presented

Whether certiorari review should be granted where the Eleventh Circuit erred in dismissing the appeal based upon HANLON’s appeal waiver.
Whether certiorari review should be granted where the Eleventh Circuit erred in finding that the record was insufficient to find that HANLON’s trial counsel was ineffective during plea negotiations and at sentencing.
Whether certiorari review should be granted where the Eleventh Circuit erred in affirming HANLON’s sentence.

For petitioner
David Jonathon Joffe
Joffe Law, P.A.

For respondent
Noel John Francisco
Jones Day

Subject area
Criminal Procedure (estimated from the questions presented, in the Supreme Court Database’s categories)

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Feb 20 2018
Petition DENIED.
Jan 31 2018
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/16/2018.
Jan 23 2018
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
Jan 09 2018
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due February 16, 2018)