No. 18-7140
Tommy Ray Hull, Jr. v. United States
IFP
Tags: chavez-meza-precedent chavez-meza-v-united-states circuit-split district-court district-court-discretion due-process fifth-circuit fifth-circuit-standard mitigation mitigation-arguments sentencing sentencing-review standard-of-review
Latest Conference:
2019-03-22
Question Presented (from Petition)
I. This Court should grant certiorari to resolve the apparent conflict between the Fifth Circuit and this Court's decision in Chavez-Meza v. United States, 138 S.Ct. 1959 (2018), as a well a split in circuit authority regarding the standard of review when a district court fails to address arguments of counsel in mitigation of sentencing.
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether the Fifth Circuit erred in its standard of review when a district court fails to address arguments of counsel in mitigation of sentencing
Docket Entries
2019-03-25
Petition DENIED.
2019-03-07
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/22/2019.
2019-02-21
Brief of respondent United States in opposition filed.
2019-01-18
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including February 21, 2019.
2019-01-17
Motion to extend the time to file a response from January 22, 2019 to February 21, 2019, submitted to The Clerk.
2018-12-19
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due January 22, 2019)
Attorneys
Tommy Ray Hull, Jr.
United States
Noel J. Francisco — Solicitor General, Respondent