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Michael Steven Beeman v. United States

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, No. 18-7456 · judgment February 26, 2019

Certiorari denied · October 7, 2019
Pre-decision estimate: 1% cert probability

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

Question presented

Whether jurists of reason could debate that a district court must evaluate the merits of a potential motion to suppress where the defendant pled guilty to determine if counsel’s pre-plea advice was reasonable and the defendant was prejudiced as a result?

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Jeremy Brian Gordon
Law Office of Jeremy Gordon

For respondent
Noel John Francisco
Jones Day

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Oct 07 2019
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Jun 12 2019
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/1/2019.
  3. Jun 07 2019
    Waiver of right of respondent United States of America to respond filed.
  4. May 28 2019
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due July 1, 2019)