No. 18-5847
Jaime Shakur Garcia v. United States
Tags: certiorari-petition chavez-meza circuit-split criminal-procedure en-banc en-banc-review plain-error reasonableness remand sentencing sentencing-reasonableness
Key Terms:
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Latest Conference:
2018-10-05
Question Presented (from Petition)
I. Should this Court hold this Petition until the court below renders its forthcoming en banc decision in United States v. Reyes-Contreras, 892 F.3d 800 (5 Cir. June 15, 2018)(en banc)?
II. Must parties to a federal criminal proceeding object to the substantive reasonableness of the sentence in order to avoid plain error review of that issue?
III. Should this Court grant certiorari, vacate the judgment, and remand in light of Chavez-Meza v. United States, __U.S.__, 138 S.Ct. 1959 (June 18, 2018), an authority that post-dated the opinion below?
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Should this Court hold this Petition until the court below renders its forthcoming en banc decision in United States v. Reyes-Contreras?
Docket Entries
2018-10-09
Petition DENIED.
2018-09-13
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/5/2018.
2018-09-07
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2018-08-28
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due October 1, 2018)
Attorneys
Jaime Shakur Garcia
United States
Noel J. Francisco — Solicitor General, Respondent