No. 18-8675
Joshua Sedillo v. United States
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: appellate-procedure appellate-review circuit-precedent criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing district-court due-process gall-v-united-states judicial-review rita-v-united-states sentencing sentencing-guidelines sentencing-variance variance
Latest Conference:
2019-05-09
Question Presented (from Petition)
Is the Tenth Circuit precedent allowing a district court to say nothing when a reasonable request for a variance is made at sentencing consistent with this Court's rulings in Gall and Rita, which expect a district court to engage the merits of the request so that appellate courts have the information necessary to conduct a meaningful review?
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Is the Tenth Circuit precedent allowing a district court to say nothing when a reasonable request for a variance is made at sentencing consistent with this Court's rulings in Gall and Rita, which expect a district court to engage the merits of the request so that appellate courts have the information necessary to conduct a meaningful review?
Docket Entries
2019-05-13
Petition DENIED.
2019-04-18
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/9/2019.
2019-04-11
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2019-03-28
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due May 6, 2019)
2019-02-11
Application (18A817) granted by Justice Sotomayor extending the time to file until March 28, 2019.
2019-02-05
Application (18A817) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from February 27, 2019 to March 28, 2019, submitted to Justice Sotomayor.
Attorneys
Joshua Sedillo
Margaret Ann Katze — Federal Public Defender, Petitioner
United States
Noel J. Francisco — Solicitor General, Respondent