No. 19-5922

Pedro Munoz, aka Pedro Munoz Ruiz v. United States

Lower Court: Fifth Circuit
Docketed: 2019-09-12
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP Experienced Counsel
Tags: appellate-review criminal-procedure deference district-court federal-courts-of-appeals federal-sentencing judicial-discretion sentencing-factors sentencing-review standard-of-review substantive-reasonableness
Key Terms:
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Latest Conference: 2019-10-11
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether substantive reasonableness review necessarily encompasses some degree of reweighing the sentencing factors?

Question Presented (from Petition)

QUESTION PRESENTED Whether substantive reasonableness review necessarily encompasses some degree of reweighing the sentencing factors? i PARTIES Pedro Munoz, is the petitioner, who was the defendant-appellant below. This case is also consolidated with another sentence in which Munoz was named as Pedro Munoz-Ruiz. The United States of America is the respondent, and was the plaintiffappellee in both cases below. ii

Docket Entries

2019-10-15
Petition DENIED.
2019-09-26
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/11/2019.
2019-09-20
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2019-09-06
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due October 15, 2019)

Attorneys

Pedro Munoz (Ruiz)
Christopher A. CurtisFederal Public Defender's Office, Petitioner
Christopher A. CurtisFederal Public Defender's Office, Petitioner
United States
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent