No. 18-6829
Jimmy Walter Fuentes v. United States
Tags: appellate-review criminal-procedure judicial-discretion plain-error remand sentencing statutory-interpretation statutory-maximum substantial-rights
Latest Conference:
2019-01-04
Question Presented (from Petition)
1. Whether a court of appeals that finds a plain error in the district court's selection of a statutory maximum should ordinarily order a limited remand for the sole purpose of determining whether this error affected substantial rights?
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether a court of appeals that finds a plain error in the district court's selection of a statutory maximum should ordinarily order a limited remand for the sole purpose of determining whether this error affected substantial rights?
Docket Entries
2019-01-07
Petition DENIED.
2018-12-06
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/4/2019.
2018-11-30
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2018-11-21
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due December 26, 2018)
Attorneys
Jimmy Walter Fuentes
Kevin Joel Page — Office of the Federal Public Defender, Petitioner
United States
Noel J. Francisco — Solicitor General, Respondent