No. 24-6571

Lower Court: Fifth Circuit

Docketed: 2025-02-14

Status: Denied

Type: IFP

Tags: case-review constitutional-law judicial-interpretation legal-standard procedural-review supreme-court-precedent

Latest Conference: 2025-03-21

Question Presented (from Petition)

I. Should Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 224 (1998), be overruled?

II. Should this Court grant certiorari, vacate the judgment below, and remand in light of Erlinger v. United States, 602 U.S. 821 (2024), if it does not elect a plenary grant of certiorari?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Should Almendarez-Torres v. United States be overruled?

Docket Entries

2025-03-24

Petition DENIED.

2025-02-27

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/21/2025.

2025-02-25

Waiver of United States of right to respond submitted.

Main Document

2025-02-25

Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.

Main Document Main Document

2025-02-12

Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due March 17, 2025)

Motion for Leave to Proceed in Forma Pauperis Petition Appendix Proof of Service Motion for Leave to Proceed in Forma Pauperis Petition Appendix Proof of Service

Attorneys

Roel Sanchez-Sosa

Christy Posnett Martin — Federal Public Defender-Northern District of Texas, Petitioner

United States

Sarah M. Harris — Acting Solicitor General, Respondent