No. 18-8131
Adelfo Pamatmat v. United States
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: constitutional-rights drug-quantity evidentiary-hearing ineffective-assistance procedural-reasonableness sentencing-guidelines sixth-amendment sixth-circuit strickland-standard strickland-v-washington trial-counsel
Key Terms:
Environmental SocialSecurity Securities Immigration
Environmental SocialSecurity Securities Immigration
Latest Conference:
2019-03-29
Question Presented (from Petition)
I. WHETHER PETITIONER RECEIVED THE EFFECTIVE REPRESENTATION OF TRIAL COUNSEL WHEN COUNSEL FAILED TO PROPERLY INVESTIGATE THE CASE AND THE SIXTH CIRCUIT COURT VIOLATED PETITIONER'S CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS AND THE U.S. SUPREME COURT'S HOLDING OF STRICKLAND V WASHINGTON, BY APPLYING THE WRONG STANDARD TO DETERMINE PREJUDICE AND IGNORING PETITIONER'S REQUEST FOR AN EVIDENTIARY HEARING?
II. WHETHER THE SENTENCE IMPOSED BY THE DISTRICT COURT WAS PROCEDURALLY UNREASONABLE AS THE DRUG QUANTITIES AND FRAUD AMOUNTS USED TO CALCULATE THE ADVISORY GUIDELINE RANGE ARE NOT SUPPORTED BY THE EVIDENCE NOR REASONABLY FORESEEABLE TO DR. PAMATMAT?
Question Presented (AI Summary)
whether-petitioner-received-effective-assistance-of-counsel
Docket Entries
2019-04-01
Petition DENIED.
2019-03-14
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/29/2019.
2019-03-06
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2019-02-22
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due March 28, 2019)
Attorneys
Adelfo Pamatmat
United States
Noel J. Francisco — Solicitor General, Respondent