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Olamide Olatayo Bello v. United States

IFP petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, No. 25-40043 · judgment September 17, 2025


Pending

Questions presented

  1. „ the dismissal of a criminal X to a prosecution-based ontos^and he never received while in facility he was m the process ot leav. g, Due process clause continuous Bureau of Prisons custo la ran g (1950), and under Multanev. Central Hanover Bank& Trust ° the right to a first appeal of right recognized nvM . Lucey, (1985), and Rodriquez v. United States, 395 U.S. 327 (19 ). , u, ,h» loss of an entire first appeal of right through court-created notice

  2. Whether the loss oi an enai^ if ... 7S ri988), failure constitutes structural error under Henson v.- ------------- requiring reinstatement without a showing of prejudice.

  3. Whether the Fifth Circuit's reinstatement of “X^^^re, following materially identical notice ai ures, federal Government denies the equal protection of the laws guaranteed again through the Due Process Clause of the Fifth Amendment.

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Olamide O. Bello

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

Linked docket
26A517

Proceedings

  1. Sep 25 2026
    Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including October 23, 2026.
  2. Sep 25 2026
    Application (26A517) for bail, submitted to Justice Alito.
  3. Sep 23 2026
    Motion to extend the time to file a response from September 23, 2026 to October 23, 2026, submitted to The Clerk.
  4. Aug 24 2026
    Response Requested. (Due September 23, 2026)
  5. Aug 13 2026
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/28/2026.
  6. Aug 12 2026
    Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
  7. Nov 27 2025
    Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due September 2, 2026)