No. 18-7304

Juan Rodriguez-Mantos v. United States

Lower Court: Fifth Circuit
Docketed: 2019-01-08
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: appellate-review criminal-procedure due-process federal-law federal-sentencing-guidelines fifth-circuit judicial-review reasonableness-review sentencing sentencing-enhancement sentencing-guidelines sentencing-reasonableness supervisory-power
Key Terms:
Environmental Immigration
Latest Conference: 2019-02-15
Question Presented (from Petition)

Whether the impositi on of an outside Guideli nes sentence is reasonabl e
when the district court more than triples the already enhanced Guideli nes
sentencing level and justifies it with the same facts and reasons it found to
enhance his Guidel ines sentencing l evel?

Whether the Fifth Circuit C ourt of Appeals' decision affirming the district
court's signi ficant outside Guide lines sentence has so far departed from the
accepted and usual course of pr oceedings, or sanctioned suc h a departur e by a
lower court, as to cal l for an ex ercise of the Cour t's sup ervisory power?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the imposition of an outside Guidelines sentence is reasonable

Docket Entries

2019-02-19
Petition DENIED.
2019-01-24
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/15/2019.
2019-01-17
Waiver of right of respondent United States of America to respond filed.
2018-12-31
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due February 7, 2019)

Attorneys

Juan Rodriguez-Mantos
Derly J. UribeLaw Offices of Francisco J. Saldana, Jr., Petitioner
United States of America
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent