No. 19-6177

Valerie Flores v. United States

Lower Court: Seventh Circuit
Docketed: 2019-10-07
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: appellate-review circuit-court government-admission government-waiver plain-error plain-error-review sentencing seventh-circuit supervised-release vagueness waiver waiver-doctrine
Key Terms:
SocialSecurity Immigration
Latest Conference: 2019-11-08
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Seventh Circuit errantly disregarded the government's failure to brief a waiver argument and disallowed relief for a supervised release condition the government admitted was vague

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED I. By Disregarding the Government's Failure to Brief a Waiver Argument, Did the Seventh Circuit Errantly Look Past the Government’s Waiver of Waiver and Disallow Relief Even for a Supervised Release Condition the Government Admitted was Vague? II. By Using Ms. Flores’s Silence at Sentencing to Find She Waived An Appellate Challenge to a Supervised Release Condition, Did the Seventh Circuit Errantly Apply Waiver and Essentially Eliminate Plain Error Review of Supervised Release Conditions? ii

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 of America to respond filed.
2019-09-27
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due November 6, 2019)

Attorneys

United States of America
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent
Valerie Flores
Daniel HillisFederal Public Defender's Office for the Central District of Illinois, Petitioner