No. 18-8749
Marvin Earl Blanks, Jr. v. United States
Tags: 18-usc-3553 appellate-review criminal-procedure due-process judicial-discretion judicial-reasoning sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation
Key Terms:
SocialSecurity Securities Immigration
SocialSecurity Securities Immigration
Latest Conference:
2019-05-23
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether the district court fulfilled its obligation under 18 U.S.C. § 3553(c) to announce the reasons for its sentencing decision
Question Presented (OCR Extract)
QUESTION PRESENTED Whether the district court fulfilled its obligation under 18 U.S.C. § 3553(c) to announce the reasons for its sentencing decision where the court never addressed Petitioner’s nonfrivolous arguments in favor of a lower sentence.
Docket Entries
2019-05-28
Petition DENIED.
2019-05-08
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/23/2019.
2019-04-29
Waiver of right of respondent United States of America to respond filed.
2019-04-03
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due May 9, 2019)
Attorneys
Marvin Earl Blanks, Jr.
Jennifer C. Leisten — Federal Public Defender, Petitioner
Jennifer C. Leisten — Federal Public Defender, Petitioner
United States of America
Noel J. Francisco — Solicitor General, Respondent
Noel J. Francisco — Solicitor General, Respondent