vulnerable-victim
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| Case | Title | Lower Court | Docketed | Status | Flags | Tags | Question Presented |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23-7132 | Thomas G. O'Lear v. United States | Sixth Circuit | 2024-04-04 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | healthcare-fraud insurance-company medicaid medicare offense-level-enhancement sentencing-guidelines victim-definition vulnerable-victim | United States Sentencing Guideline § 3A1.1 provides for a base offense level increase where the victim of the offense was vulnerable. In a case involv… |
| 22-707 | Barry J. Cadden v. United States | First Circuit | 2023-01-30 | Denied | Response Waived | circuit-split criminal-sentencing objective-standard objective-test reckless-risk sentencing-enhancement sentencing-guidelines subjective-test u.s.s.g.-3a1.1(b) vulnerable-victim vulnerable-victim-enhancement | 1. Did the District Court clearly err in applying a four-point "vulnerable victim" enhancement under U.S.S.G. § 3A1.1(b) to defendant's sentence, abse… |
| 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… |
| 21-363 | Wendy Marie Meigs v. Trey Bergman, et al. | Texas | 2021-09-08 | Denied | abuse alternative-dispute-resolution court-ordered-mediation courtroom-guidelines family-court judicial-process manipulation mediation mediation-liability pro-se-representation victim-protection vulnerable-victim | Should a mediation, family court-ordered or not, follow normal courtroom guidelines as courts defer court functions to mediation which creates the exp… | |
| 19-7034 | Charley Joe, Jr. v. United States | Tenth Circuit | 2019-12-20 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | circuit-split constitutional-vagueness eighth-amendment sentencing-guidelines unusual-vulnerability vagueness victim-exploitation victim-vulnerability vulnerable-victim | Section 3A1.1(b) of the Sentencing Guidelines provides for a two-level increase where, "the defendant knew or should have known that a victim of the o… |
| 18-7645 | Alhan Sanchez v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2019-01-29 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | appellate-review burden-of-proof criminal-guidelines due-process mcmillan-v-pennsylvania meacham-v-fano minor-role-adjustment mitigating-role preponderance-of-evidence sentencing-enhancement sentencing-guidelines united-states-v-watts vulnerable-victim | The United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit (sometimes referred to as "the Fifth Circuit" or "the Appellate Court") upheld on appeal a se… |