No. 21-5149
Leobardo Barraza v. United States
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: eighth-amendment irreparable-corruption juvenile-sentencing miller-v-alabama plain-error sentencing-guidelines
Latest Conference:
2021-09-27
Question Presented (from Petition)
In view of the foregoing, this petition presents this issue:
Whether a federal court commits plain error by anchoring a sentence for a juvenile's crime resulting in death to a Sentencing Guidelines that recommends only life-without parole where no claim or evidence suggests the defendant is irreparably corrupt?
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether a federal court commits plain error by anchoring a sentence for a juvenile's crime resulting in death to a Sentencing Guidelines that recommends only life-without parole where no claim or evidence suggests the defendant is irreparably corrupt?
Docket Entries
2021-10-04
Petition DENIED.
2021-08-05
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/27/2021.
2021-07-29
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2021-07-16
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due August 20, 2021)
Attorneys
Leobardo Barraza
United States
Brian H. Fletcher — Acting Solicitor General, Respondent