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Manpreet Singh v. United States

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, No. 20-40515 · judgment February 17, 2021


Certiorari denied · October 12, 2021
Pre-decision estimate: 4% cert probability

Before the decision, roughly the 4.1% base rate. The model weighted this up for a Fifth Circuit decision below, a dissent in the court below (flagged in the petition), and counsel who has filed here before.

Question presented

Is there no avenue for a collateral attack on a restitution award that was the result of ineffective assistance of counsel?

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Bruce Anton
Udashen Anton

For respondent
Brian H. Fletcher
Acting Solicitor General

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Oct 12 2021
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Sep 22 2021
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/8/2021.
  3. Sep 15 2021
    Waiver of right of respondent United States of America to respond filed.
  4. Aug 31 2021
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due October 4, 2021)