No. 18-8759
Cuauhtemoc Juarez-Aquino v. United States
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: abuse-of-discretion appellate-review circuit-split criminal-sentencing discretion district-court-authority due-process judicial-discretion majority-circuits ninth-circuit sentencing-discretion sentencing-factors
Latest Conference:
2019-05-16
Question Presented (from Petition)
Whether a federal district court is permitted boundless discretion to weigh established factors at sentencing, as the Ninth Circuit has held, or whether, following the majority of circuits, appellate courts must instead determine whether the district court's weighing of sentencing factors was proper.
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether a federal district court is permitted boundless discretion to weigh established factors at sentencing
Docket Entries
2019-05-20
Petition DENIED.
2019-05-01
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/16/2019.
2019-04-26
Waiver of right of respondent United States of America to respond filed.
2019-04-03
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due May 9, 2019)
Attorneys
Cuauhtemoc Juarez-Aquino
Nora Kelly Hirozawa — Federal Defenders of San Diego, Inc., Petitioner
United States of America
Noel J. Francisco — Solicitor General, Respondent