No. 18-6066

Melvin Noel Vasquez v. United States

Lower Court: Fifth Circuit
Docketed: 2018-09-21
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: criminal-procedure de-novo-review downward-adjustment due-process federal-sentencing fifth-circuit minimal-role mitigating-role sentencing-guidelines sentencing-guidelines-3b1.2 standard-of-review
Key Terms:
AdministrativeLaw Environmental SocialSecurity Securities Immigration
Latest Conference: 2018-10-26
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Fifth Circuit's cursory review rather than the proper de novo review resulted in a misapplication of the provision of U.S.S.G. § 3B1.2 denying Melvin Vasquez a four-level Mitigating role adjustment

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS: PRESENTED I, Whether the Fifth Citcuits cursery, review Yather than the proper de nevo review resulted in a misapplication of the provision of U.S.S,G. § 3B1.2 denying, Melvin Vasquez a four-level Mitigating role adjustment. PARTIES TO THE: PROCEEDINGS aoe £0 THE: PROCEEDINGS All parties: te the ‘proceedings are named in the caption of the case before the Court. ai

Docket Entries

2018-10-29
Petition DENIED.
2018-10-04
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/26/2018.
2018-09-28
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2018-09-18
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due October 22, 2018)

Attorneys

Melvin Vasquez
Yolanda Evette JarmonLaw Office of Yolanda Jarmon, Petitioner
United States
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent