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Roger Waldner, et al. v. United States

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, No. 20-3705 · judgment January 21, 2021


Certiorari denied · October 4, 2021
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

In accordance with 18 U.S.C. § 3664(m)(l)(A), the USA may utilize all provisions of 18 U.S.C. § 3613 for the enforcement of an order of restitution. The USA’s garnishment of $80,000 was identified as restitution in Waldner’s criminal case within the 20 years allowed by 18 U.S.C. § 3613 for collection by the USA. The USAs garnishment was timely. The garnishment was not identified as restitution on Roger’s criminal case until 2017. “Recoupment claims are generally not barred by a statute of limitations so long as the main action is timely.” Reiter v. Cooper, 507 U.S. 258, 264 (1993). The following questions are presented for review:

  1. Would a GVR Order for a hearing below reveal that no court below gave Glenn a hearing on his recoupment defense?

  2. Would a GVR-ordered hearing below likely result in recovery of the $80,000 without using much of this Court’s limited docket?

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Roger Dean Waldner

For respondent
Brian H. Fletcher
Acting Solicitor General

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Oct 04 2021
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Aug 18 2021
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/27/2021.
  3. Aug 13 2021
    Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
  4. Jul 26 2021
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due August 30, 2021)