No. 18-5221

Aquilino Guizamano-Cortes v. United States

Lower Court: Eleventh Circuit
Docketed: 2018-07-12
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: criminal-law drug-offense due-process equal-protection maritime-drug-law maritime-drug-law-enforcement-act maritime-law rational-basis safety-valve sentencing sentencing-relief statutory-interpretation territorial-jurisdiction
Key Terms:
AdministrativeLaw DueProcess FifthAmendment Immigration
Latest Conference: 2018-09-24
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the exclusion of the Maritime Drug Law Enforcement Act (46 U.S.C. § 70503) from eligibility for safety valve relief violates equal protection, because there is no rational basis to make safety valve relief unavailable to offenders who commit wholly foreign drug offenses, while making it available to those who commit the same offense within the territorial United States

Question Presented (from Petition)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED I The exclusion of the Maritime Drug Law Enforcemen Act (46 U.S.C. § 70503) from eligibility for safety valve violates equal protection, because there is no rational basis to make safety valve relief unavailable to offenders who commit wholly foreign drug offenses, while making it available to those who commit the same offense within the territorial United States.

Docket Entries

2018-10-01
Petition DENIED.
2018-07-26
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/24/2018.
2018-07-18
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2018-07-09
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due August 13, 2018)

Attorneys

Aquilino Guizamano-Cortes
Israel Jose EncinosaIsrael Jose Encinosa, Esq., Petitioner
Israel Jose EncinosaIsrael Jose Encinosa, Esq., Petitioner
United States
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent