No. 18-9803
Salvador Galvan v. United States
Tags: 18-usc-3553a appeal criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing district-court-discretion due-process guidelines procedural-error sentencing sentencing-guidelines ussg-2b1.1 victim victim-definition victim-impact
Latest Conference:
2019-10-01
Question Presented (from Petition)
Whether, in a case involving embezzlement from a municipality, it is procedural error for a district court to consider every resident of the city a victim for purposes of its 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a) analysis, rather than considering the entity as the lone victim as mandated by USSG § 2B1.1?
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether the district court committed procedural error by considering every resident of the City of Compton as a victim for purposes of its 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a) analysis, contrary to USSG § 2B1.1
Docket Entries
2019-10-07
Petition DENIED.
2019-07-18
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/1/2019.
2019-07-09
Waiver of right of respondent United States of America to respond filed.
2019-06-21
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due July 29, 2019)
Attorneys
Salvador Galvan
Gary Paul Burcham — Burcham & Zugman, APC, Petitioner
United States of America
Noel J. Francisco — Solicitor General, Respondent