No. 18-8181

Feliciano Soto-Lugo v. United States

Lower Court: Fifth Circuit
Docketed: 2019-02-28
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP Experienced Counsel
Tags: abuse-of-discretion appellate-review criminal-procedure defendant-leniency district-court-discretion due-process judicial-response preservation-of-error reasonableness reasonableness-objection sentencing sentencing-guidelines sentencing-review
Key Terms:
Environmental SocialSecurity Securities Immigration
Latest Conference: 2019-03-29
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Must challenges to the district court's failure to respond to a defendant's non-frivolous grounds for leniency be preserved by a separate 'reasonableness' objection in district court?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED Must challenges to the district court’s failure to respond to a defendant’s non-frivolous grounds for leniency be preserved by a separate “reasonableness” objection in district court? i

Docket Entries

2019-04-01
Petition DENIED.
2019-03-14
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/29/2019.
2019-03-07
Waiver of right of respondent United States of America to respond filed.
2019-02-26
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due April 1, 2019)

Attorneys

Feliciano Soto-Lugo
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