No. 22-7722
Félix Vega-La Torres v. United States
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: ancestry constitutional-rights criminal-sentencing Does the State Court Decision to deny Petitioner's due-process economic-status equal-justice equal-protection
22-7721" ethnicity federal-prosecution federal-questions guidelines-interpretation judicial-bias national-origin petition-for-appeal puerto-rico-defendants race reversible-error sentencing-discrimination state-court-decision
Latest Conference:
2023-09-26
Question Presented (from Petition)
Does a federal judge's increased sentence targeting a Puerto Rico defendant for higher punishment violate constitutional, statutory, and guidelines prohibitions against sentencing discrimination based on race, ethnicity, national origin, ancestry, and economic status?
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Does a federal judge's increased sentence targeting a Puerto Rico defendant for higher punishment violate constitutional, statutory, and guidelines prohibitions against sentencing discrimination based on race, ethnicity, national origin, ancestry, and economic status?
Docket Entries
2023-10-02
Petition DENIED.
2023-06-15
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/26/2023.
2023-06-13
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2023-06-01
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due July 6, 2023)
2023-04-19
Application (22A913) granted by Justice Jackson extending the time to file until June 1, 2023.
2023-04-14
Application (22A913) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from April 27, 2023 to June 1, 2023, submitted to Justice Jackson.
Attorneys
Félix Vega-La Torres
United States
Elizabeth B. Prelogar — Solicitor General, Respondent