No. 20-7708
Jose Noe Castro Orellana v. United States
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: appellate-review circuit-split criminal-sentencing due-process fact-finding plain-error-review procedural-error sentencing-guidelines substantial-rights
Key Terms:
DueProcess Immigration Privacy JusticiabilityDoctri
DueProcess Immigration Privacy JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference:
2021-05-13
Question Presented (from Petition)
The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals held that Mr. Castro Orellana could not show an effect on his substantial rights on plain-error review even though the district court relied on a clearly erroneous belief concerning the facts of the case because the district court sentenced him within a correctly-calculated range under the federal Sentencing Guidelines. In so holding, did the Fifth Circuit misapply this Court's decision in Rita v. United States, 551 U.S. 338 (2007), and Gall v. United States, 552 U.S. 38 (2007)?
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether the Fifth Circuit misapplied Rita v. United States and Gall v. United States by elevating the presumption of reasonableness over a reliance on clearly erroneous facts
Docket Entries
2021-05-17
Petition DENIED.
2021-04-22
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/13/2021.
2021-04-19
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2021-04-07
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due May 10, 2021)
Attorneys
Jose Noe Castro Orellana
Michael Lance Herman — Federal Public Defender, Petitioner
United States
Elizabeth B. Prelogar — Acting Solicitor General, Respondent