No. 18-7000
Luis Rolando Bueno Jimenez v. United States
Tags: 18-usc-3553(f) circuit-split criminal-law drug-enforcement mandatory-minimum maritime-drug-law maritime-drug-law-enforcement-act maritime-law safety-valve sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation
Latest Conference:
2019-03-15
Question Presented (from Petition)
Whether a defendant convicted of violating the Maritime Drug Law
Enforcement Act, 46 U.S.C. § 70501 et seq., and subject to a mandatory minimum
sentence under 21 U.S.C. § 960, is eligible for relief from that mandatory minimum
under the "safety valve" provision of 18 U.S.C. § 3553(f) (as the D.C. Circuit has
held), or not (as the Fifth, Ninth, and Eleventh Circuits have held).
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether a defendant convicted of violating the Maritime Drug Law Enforcement Act is eligible for relief from a mandatory minimum sentence under the 'safety valve' provision
Docket Entries
2019-03-18
Petition DENIED.
2019-02-21
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/15/2019.
2019-02-14
Reply of petitioner Luis Rolando Bueno Jimenez filed.
2019-02-11
Memorandum of respondent United States filed.
2019-01-07
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including February 11, 2019.
2019-01-03
Motion to extend the time to file a response from January 11, 2019 to February 11, 2019, submitted to The Clerk.
2018-12-07
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due January 11, 2019)
Attorneys
Luis Rolando Bueno Jimenez
Andrew Lee Adler — Federal Public Defender's Office, Petitioner
United States
Noel J. Francisco — Solicitor General, Respondent