No. 19-6142

Santo Leone v. United States

Lower Court: Fifth Circuit
Docketed: 2019-10-03
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: abuse-of-discretion amendment categorical-approach civil-procedure district-court-discretion divisibility drug-convictions due-process first-step-act marijuana-convictions motion-to-amend prior-convictions section-851 standing timeliness
Key Terms:
HabeasCorpus
Latest Conference: 2019-11-08
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether district court abused its discretion by concluding motion to amend should be denied as untimely?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION(S) PRESENTED . Whether district court abused its discretion by concluding motion to amend should be denied : as untimely? 7 . . ; Whether district court erred when failure to apply the categorical approach to Petitioner's 1997 & 2009 prior marijuana drugs convictions? . ; : Uhether Petitioner's 1997 & 2009 marijuana drug convictions no longer qualifies as predicate © offenses under § 851? ” : : uhether Petitioner is eligible to receive relief under the First Step Act 2018, Section GO1(a)(2)? : ; Whether Texas Health & Saftety Code Section § 481 is divisible that sets out one or more elements of the offense in the alternative?

Docket Entries

2019-11-12
Petition DENIED.
2019-10-24
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/8/2019.
2019-10-15
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2019-08-22
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due November 4, 2019)

Attorneys

Santo Leone
Santo Leone — Petitioner
Santo Leone — Petitioner
United States
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent