No. 19-7771

Christopher Benjamin Blanton v. United States

Lower Court: Fifth Circuit
Docketed: 2020-02-26
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP Experienced Counsel
Tags: vacate the sentence and remand to the Fifth Circu certiorari criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit haymond-precedent sentence-vacatur sentencing supreme-court supreme-court-review united-states-v-haymond
Latest Conference: 2020-03-27
Question Presented (from Petition)

Whether this Court should grant certiorari, vacate the sentence and remand to the Fifth Circuit for reconsideration in light of United States v. Haymond, 139 S. Ct. 2369 (June 26, 2019)?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether this Court should grant certiorari, vacate the sentence and remand to the Fifth Circuit for reconsideration in light of United States v. Haymond

Docket Entries

2020-03-30
Petition DENIED.
2020-03-12
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/27/2020.
2020-03-06
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2020-02-24
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due March 27, 2020)

Attorneys

Christopher Benjamin Blanton
Christopher A. CurtisFederal Public Defender's Office, Petitioner
United States
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent