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Gertrude Parker v. United States
Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, No. 21-30127 · judgment June 15, 2021
Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.
Question presented
WHETHER PARKER WAS DENIED EFFECTIVE ASSISTANCE OF COUNSEL GUARANTEED BY THE SIXTH AMENDMENT TO THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION AS A RESULT OF HER TRIAL COUNSEL’S FAILURE TO PRESENT EVIDENCE TO THE JURY, AND ACCOMPANYING ARGUMENT, THAT PARKER’S CONDUCT WAS NOT CRIMINAL BECAUSE SHE WAS OPERATING UNDER A REASONABLE INTERPRETATION OF THE MEDICARE STATUTES AND REGULATIONS AND PARKER WAS PREJUDICED WHEN THE JURY RETURNED A GENERAL GUILTY VERDICT BASED ON INSUFFICIENT EVIDENCE AS TO ONE OF THE THREE ALLEGED ALTERNATIVE MEANS OF THE CONSPIRACY.
Counsel of record
For petitioner
William Mallory Kent
Kent & McFarland
For respondent
Brian H. Fletcher
Acting Solicitor General
Case
Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference
Proceedings
- Oct 12 2021Petition DENIED.
- Sep 22 2021DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/8/2021.
- Sep 20 2021Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
- Sep 10 2021Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due October 15, 2021)