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
Latest Conference: 2019-03-29
Question Presented (from Petition)

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 (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?

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
United States of America
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent