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George Georgiou v. United States

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, No. 18-2498, 18-2762 · judgment January 28, 2020

Certiorari denied · October 13, 2020

Pre-decision estimate: 5% cert probability (95% interval 3%–9%)

Before the decision, modestly above the 4.1% base rate. The model weighted this up for a Third Circuit decision below, counsel with five or more prior petitions here, and a dissent in the court below (flagged in the petition).

Question presented

Does the All Writs Act, 28 U.S.C. § 1651, afford a post-conviction remedy for the correction of a criminal financial penalty that is unauthorized by statute, where the illegality of the sentence is established by a retroactive statutory-construction decision of this Court rendered after the defendant‘s conviction became final?

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Peter Goldberger

For respondent
Jeffrey B. Wall
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Amicus briefs
1 cert-stage

Proceedings

Oct 13 2020
Petition DENIED.
Oct 05 2020
Brief amicus curiae of National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers filed.
Sep 23 2020
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/9/2020.
Sep 16 2020
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
Aug 28 2020
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due October 5, 2020)