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Stephen T. Aguiar v. United States

IFP petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, No. 23-6573 · judgment January 22, 2025


Certiorari denied · October 6, 2025

Questions presented

  1. DESPITE THE RECORD SHOWING THAT PETITIONER IS FACTUALLY INNOCENT OF DISTRIBUTING MORPHINE, DID THE SECOND CIRCUIT ERR IN AFFIRMING THE DISTRICT COURT'S FINAL JUDGMENT TO DENY PETITIONER'S CLAIM?

  2. DID THE SECOND CIRCUIT ERR BY DISCOUNTING PETITIONER'S NEW EVIDENCE OF HIS 2010-DIAGN0SED TRAUMATIC INJURY CALLING INTO QUESTION HIS 1994-1995 MENTAL COMPETENCY WITHOUT AN EVIDENTIARY HEARING AND INSTEAD AFFIRMING THE DISTRICT COURT'S RULING TO DENY PETITIONER'S CLAIMS BASED ON AN OVERLAPPING 18 YEAR DELAY? ~

  3. DID THE SECOND CIRCUIT ERR BY AFFIRMING THE DISTRICT COURT'S ADVERSE JUDGMENT BASED ON PETITIONER'S 18 YEAR DELAY IN FILING HIS CORAM NOBIS CLAIMS WITHOUT CONSIDERING THAT HIS CHALLENGE TO HIS 1995 DISTRIBUTION OF MORPHINE CONVICTION COULD NOT HAVE ACCRUED UNTIL -2014 AT WHICH TIME PETITIONER'S DRUG CONSPIRACY CASE CONVICTION BECAME FINAL AND ONLY THEN COULD PETITIONER SATISFY ALL THREE REQUISITE PRONGS OF THE CORAM NOBIS REMEDY?

  4. DID THE SECOND CIRCUIT ERR BY FAILING-TO FULLY ADDRESS OR RESOLVE EACH OF PETITIONER'S RAISED CLAIMS BELOW?

  5. DESPITE PETITIONER HAVING EXPUNGED.HIS PRIOR STATE CONVICTIONS DRASTICALLY REDUCING HIS 1995-IMPOSED MANDATORY GUIDELINES SENTENCE, DID THE SECOND CIRCUIT ERR BY FAILING?TO CONSIDER WHETHER PETITIONER'S SENTENCE SHOULD BE REDUCED?

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Stephen Aguiar

For respondent
D. John Sauer
Solicitor General

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Linked docket
24A1226

Proceedings

  1. Oct 06 2025
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Jul 17 2025
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2025.
  3. Jul 11 2025
    Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
  4. Jun 27 2025
    Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due August 1, 2025)
  5. Jun 17 2025
    Application (24A1226) granted by Justice Sotomayor extending the time to file until July 9, 2025.
  6. May 28 2025
    Application (24A1226) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from June 9, 2025 to July 9, 2025, submitted to Justice Sotomayor.