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Nancy Martin v. United States
Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, No. 23-3045 · judgment July 31, 2023
Certiorari denied · June 24, 2024
Pre-decision estimate: 3% cert probability
Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.
Question presented
Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 11(b)(3) requires a district court to “determine that there is a factual basis” for a guilty plea before accepting it. The Question Presented is whether a plea agreement’s appeal waiver can bar a defendant from pursuing a claim that the plea rested on an inadequate factual basis.
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Amanda Kelly Rice
Jones Day
For respondent
Elizabeth B. Prelogar
Solicitor General
Proceedings
- Jun 24 2024Petition DENIED.
- Jun 04 2024DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/20/2024.
- Jun 04 2024Reply of petitioner Nancy Martin filed. (Distributed)
- May 17 2024Brief of respondent United States in opposition filed.
- Apr 15 2024Brief amici curiae of Cato Institute, et al. filed.
- Apr 11 2024Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including May 17, 2024.
- Apr 09 2024Motion to extend the time to file a response from April 17, 2024 to May 17, 2024, submitted to The Clerk.
- Mar 14 2024Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due April 17, 2024)
- Jan 22 2024Application (23A667) granted by Justice Gorsuch extending the time to file until March 14, 2024.
- Jan 17 2024Application (23A667) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from February 13, 2024 to April 12, 2024, submitted to Justice Gorsuch.