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Samuel Elliott v. United States

IFP petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, No. 25-2018 · judgment November 13, 2025


Certiorari denied · March 23, 2026

Question presented

​Q​U ​ ESTION​ ​P​​RESENTED​ ​FOR​ ​R​E ​ VIEW​ ​Petitioner​​sought​​relief​​under​​28​​U.S.C.​​§ 2255​​on​​grounds​​of​​ineffective​ ​assistance​ ​arising​ ​from​ ​errors​ ​and​ ​omissions​ ​by​ ​counsel​ ​pertaining​ ​to​ ​both​ ​custody​ ​and​ ​a​ ​restitution​ ​amount​ ​of​ ​$730,000.00.​ ​The​ ​courts​ ​below​ ​denied​ ​the​ ​restitution-related​ ​claim​ ​on​ ​grounds​ ​that​ ​relief​ ​under​ ​§​ ​2255​ ​is​ ​not​ ​available​ ​for​ ​ineffective​ ​assistance​ ​related​ ​to​ ​restitution.​ ​Would​ ​reasonable​ ​jurists​ ​find​ ​the​ ​denial​ ​of​ ​Petitioner’s​ ​ineffective​ ​assistance​ ​claim​ ​on​ ​these​ ​grounds debatable or wrong?​ ​2​

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Scott M. Davidson
Scott M. Davidson, Ph.D., Esq., LLC

For respondent
D. John Sauer
Solicitor General

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Mar 23 2026
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Feb 26 2026
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/20/2026.
  3. Feb 20 2026
    Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
  4. Feb 11 2026
    Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due March 19, 2026)