No. 18-6391

Matthew Vaughn Hawks v. United States

Lower Court: Eleventh Circuit
Docketed: 2018-10-19
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP Experienced Counsel
Tags: appeals criminal-procedure due-process eleventh-circuit federal-rules-of-criminal-procedure mental-disability plain-error sentencing sentencing-disparity sentencing-reasonableness substantial-rights united-states-v-olano
Latest Conference: 2018-11-16
Question Presented (from Petition)

I. Whether the Eleventh Circuit Misapplied Fed. R. Crim. P. 52(b) and
United States v. Olano, 507 U.S. 725 (1998) by Failing to Grant Relief
for Plain Errors that Affected Petitioner's Substantial Rights.

II. Whether the Eleventh Circuit Misapplied United States v. Booker, 543 U.S.
220, 125 S.Ct. 738 (2005) and Gall v. United States, 552 U.S. 38, 128 S.Ct. 586
(2007), by Finding Petitioner's Sentence to Be Substantively Reasonable
Notwithstanding That Petitioner's Mental Disabilities and That Unwarranted
Sentencing Disparities Compelled a Lower Sentence.

A. Whether this Court Should Establish That Mental Retardation is
an Organic Disability That Requires Special Heightened
Consideration by the District Court Under 18 U.S.C. §
8558(a)(1).

B. Whether this Court Should Establish That Unwarranted
Sentencing Disparities Require Special Heightened
Consideration by the District Court Under 18 U.S.C. §
3553(a)(6).

Question Presented (AI Summary)

whether-the-eleventh-circuit-misapplied-fed-r-crim-p-52(b)-and-united-states-v-olano

Docket Entries

2018-11-19
Petition DENIED.
2018-11-01
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/16/2018.
2018-10-25
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2018-10-04
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due November 19, 2018)

Attorneys

Matthew Hawks
Margaret Yvonne FoldesFederal Public Defender's Office, Petitioner
United States
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent