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Derrick Kellen Mitchell v. United States
IFP petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, No. 23-5761 · judgment April 28, 2025
Question presented
I. Should the Court grant certiorari to consider if the Sixth Circuit has improperly deviated from this Court’s requirement, grounded in the Due Process clause, that when taking a guilty plea the district court makes sure that the defendant understands the consequences of the guilty plea?
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Kenneth Tableman
Kenneth P. Tableman, P.C.
For respondent
D. John Sauer
Solicitor General
Case
Subject area
Criminal Procedure (estimated from the questions presented, in the Supreme Court Database’s categories)
Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference
Order
Order list, October 6, 2025 · Certiorari denied
Proceedings
- Oct 06 2025Petition DENIED.
- Aug 07 2025DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2025.
- Aug 04 2025Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
- Jul 23 2025Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due August 28, 2025)