upward-adjustment
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| Case | Title | Lower Court | Docketed | Status | Flags | Tags | Question Presented |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24-6298 | Reyes Espinoza v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2025-01-14 | Denied | Response WaivedRelisted (3)IFP | criminal-activity criminal-leadership participant-threshold sentencing-enhancement sentencing-guidelines upward-adjustment | United States Sentencing Guidelines § 3Bl.l(a), provides: "If the defendant was an organizer or leader of a criminal activity that involved five or mo… |
| 21-7065 | Lori Majors v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2022-02-07 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | criminal-sentencing procedural-reasonableness ransom-demand sentencing-guidelines substantive-reasonableness upward-adjustment vulnerable-victim | DID THE DISTRICT COURT ERR BY ASSIGNING A TWO-LEVEL UPWARD ADJUSTMENT PURSUANT TO U.S.S.G. §3A1.1(b)(1) BASED ON ITS ERRONEOUS FINDING THAT THE CASE I… |