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Jeremy Young Hutchinson v. United States
Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, No. 23-2247 · judgment August 22, 2024
Certiorari denied · February 24, 2025
Pre-decision estimate: 1% cert probability
Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.
Questions presented
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Does the plain language of Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 11(c)(1)(B) require that the government either to join in the defendant’s sentencing request or to not oppose the defendant’s request when plea bargains are entered into pursuant to FRCRP 11(c)(1)(B)?
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May parties to a plea agreement contract for plea bargain provisions that violates FRCRP 11(c)(1)(B)?
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Walter A. Romney Jr.
Clyde Snow Sessions & Swenson
For respondent
Sarah M. Harris
Acting Solicitor General
Proceedings
- Feb 24 2025Petition DENIED.
- Feb 05 2025DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/21/2025.
- Jan 31 2025Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
- Jan 21 2025Petition for a Writ of Certiorari of Jeremy Hutchinson not accepted for filing. (January 23, 2025)
- Jan 21 2025Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due February 24, 2025)
- Nov 15 2024Application (24A486) granted by Justice Kavanaugh extending the time to file until January 19, 2025.
- Nov 12 2024Application (24A486) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from November 20, 2024 to January 19, 2025, submitted to Justice Kavanaugh.