No. 18-7800

Rene Antonio Aguilar v. United States

Lower Court: Ninth Circuit
Docketed: 2019-02-06
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: circuit-split criminal-justice criminal-procedure due-process federal-courts federal-criminal-justice procedural-obligations rita-standard rita-v-united-states sentencing sentencing-arguments
Key Terms:
CriminalProcedure Immigration
Latest Conference: 2019-03-15
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Can a district court at sentencing fail to respond to a party's non-frivolous sentencing arguments?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED Following Rita v. United States, 551 U.S. 338 (2007), can a district court at sentencing fail to respond to a party's non-frivolous sentencing arguments, as the Second, Fifth, Eighth, and Ninth Circuits have held, or must the court respond, as the Third, Fourth, Sixth, Seventh, Tenth, and D.C. Circuits have held? prefix

Docket Entries

2019-03-18
Petition DENIED.
2019-02-28
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/15/2019.
2019-02-21
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2019-02-01
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due March 8, 2019)

Attorneys

Rene Antonio Aguilar
Jami Lynn FerraraLaw Office of Jami L. Ferrara, Petitioner
Jami Lynn FerraraLaw Office of Jami L. Ferrara, Petitioner
United States
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent