No. 18-8161

Kali Lord v. United States

Lower Court: Fifth Circuit
Docketed: 2019-02-27
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP Experienced Counsel
Tags: above-guidelines-sentence appellate-review criminal-procedure district-court district-court-discretion plain-error preservation-of-error procedural-error procedural-reasonableness reasonableness sentencing sentencing-arguments sentencing-guidelines sentencing-reasonableness
Key Terms:
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Latest Conference: 2019-04-12
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Is a district court's gross failure to explain an above-range sentence or to respond to arguments for a lesser sentence reversible on plain error?

Question Presented (from Petition)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED Is a district court’s gross failure to explain an above-range sentence or to respond to arguments for a lesser sentence reversible on plain error? Must challenges to the procedural reasonableness of a sentence be preserved by a separate “reasonableness” objection in district court? i

Docket Entries

2019-04-15
Petition DENIED.
2019-03-21
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/12/2019.
2019-03-19
Waiver of right of respondent United States of America to respond filed.
2019-02-25
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due March 29, 2019)

Attorneys

Kali Lord
Kevin Joel PageOffice of the Federal Public Defender, Petitioner
Kevin Joel PageOffice of the Federal Public Defender, Petitioner
United States of America
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent