No. 18-8468
Alfredo Mendez v. United States
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: abuse-of-discretion appellate-review circuit-split criminal-procedure discretion district-court-authority due-process federal-courts judicial-discretion sentencing sentencing-discretion sentencing-factors
Key Terms:
SocialSecurity Securities Immigration
SocialSecurity Securities Immigration
Latest Conference:
2019-04-18
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether a federal district court is permitted boundless discretion at sentencing to weigh established factors at sentencing
Question Presented (OCR Extract)
QUESTION PRESENTED FOR REVIEW Whether a federal district court is permitted boundless discretion at sentencing to weigh established factors at sentencing, as the Ninth Circuit has held, or whether, following the majority of circuits, appellate courts must instead determine whether the district court’s weighing of sentencing factors was proper. prefix
Docket Entries
2019-04-22
Petition DENIED.
2019-04-03
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/18/2019.
2019-03-28
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2019-03-14
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due April 18, 2019)
Attorneys
Alfredo Mendez
Michael Marks — Federal Defenders of San Diego, Inc., Petitioner
United States
Noel J. Francisco — Solicitor General, Respondent