No. 18-8759

Cuauhtemoc Juarez-Aquino v. United States

Lower Court: Ninth Circuit
Docketed: 2019-04-09
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: abuse-of-discretion appellate-review circuit-split criminal-sentencing discretion district-court-authority due-process judicial-discretion majority-circuits ninth-circuit sentencing-discretion sentencing-factors
Key Terms:
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Latest Conference: 2019-05-16
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a federal district court is permitted boundless discretion to weigh established factors at sentencing

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED FOR REVIEW Whether a federal district court is permitted boundless discretion 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 factots was propet. / prefix

Docket Entries

2019-05-20
Petition DENIED.
2019-05-01
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/16/2019.
2019-04-26
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

Cuauhtemoc Juarez-Aquino
Nora Kelly HirozawaFederal Defenders of San Diego, Inc., Petitioner
United States of America
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent