No. 23-6079

Santos David Ramirez-Ortega v. United States

Lower Court: Fifth Circuit
Docketed: 2023-11-21
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP Experienced Counsel
Tags: appellate-review conflict-with-other-courts criminal-procedure district-court guideline-range holguin-hernandez judicial-discretion sentencing-guidelines substantial-arguments
Latest Conference: 2024-01-05
Question Presented (from Petition)

Whether, after Holguin -Hernandez v. United States , __U.S.__, 140 S.Ct. 762 (2020), a party may obtain appellate relief when the district court fails to reference or address substantial arguments for a sentence outside the Guideline range, even if the party had not lodged a specific objection to the court's failure to do so?

Whether a district court errs in failing to reference or address substantial arguments for a sentence outside the Guideline range ?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a party may obtain appellate relief when the district court fails to reference or address substantial arguments for a sentence outside the Guideline range

Docket Entries

2024-01-08
Petition DENIED.
2023-12-07
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/5/2024.
2023-12-01
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2023-11-17
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due December 21, 2023)

Attorneys

Santos David Ramirez-Ortega
Kevin Joel Page — Petitioner
United States
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent