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Ferraro v. United States
In brief
- Where it stands
- Dismissed
Petition denied.
- What it’s about
- Lisa Ferraro argued that the Third Circuit wrongly enforced her plea agreement’s appeal waiver and dismissed her appeal, preventing review of her claim that a person who was not lawfully authorized acted for the government at sentencing.
- Who it affects
- Ferraro's appeal remains dismissed, and the Supreme Court did not decide her claim that the person representing the government at sentencing lacked legal authority.
Summary: written with AI from the case record.
What it's about
The Supreme Court refused to hear her case (denied review) and did not decide that claim.
The Third Circuit dismissed Ferraro's appeal after enforcing her plea agreement's waiver of her right to appeal, at the government's request.
Question presented
Whether the Third Circuit erred in granting the government's motion for summary action, pursuant to 3d Cir. L.A.R. 27.4, to enforce the waiver of the right to appeal in Petitioner's Plea Agreement with the government, and to dismiss the appeal, precluding appellate review of the issue concerning the appearance, and direct adverse participation, at the sentencing of a person as the United States Attorney for the District of New Jersey, who was not lawfully authorized to act as the United States Attorney for the District of New Jersey representing the government.
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