No. 18-6995

Ashley Owens v. United States

Lower Court: Fifth Circuit
Docketed: 2018-12-11
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: co-defendant co-defendant-disparity criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection loss-calculation plea-agreement sentencing
Key Terms:
DueProcess
Latest Conference: 2019-01-11
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Did the Lower Courts violate the Due Process Clause when they sentenced Owens based on an unproven and inflated loss?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED FOR REVIEW 1. Did the Lower Courts! violate the Due Process Clause when they sentenced Owens based on an unproven and inflated loss? 2. Did the Lower Courts violate the Equal Protection Clause when they sentenced Owens to a drastically different sentence than her substantively identical co-defendant? 1 U.S. Western District Court of Louisiana (“Trial Court”) and U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeal (“Fifth Circuit”), sometimes collectively referred to herein as the “Lower Courts.” 2

Docket Entries

2019-01-14
Petition DENIED.
2018-12-27
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/11/2019.
2018-12-20
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2018-12-07
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due January 10, 2019)

Attorneys

Ashley Owens
Russell Alan Woodard Jr.Law Offices of Russell A. Woodard, Jr., L.L.C., Petitioner
Russell Alan Woodard Jr.Law Offices of Russell A. Woodard, Jr., L.L.C., Petitioner
United States
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent