No. 19-7105

Miguel Jilberto Vazquez-Chavarria v. United States

Lower Court: Fifth Circuit
Docketed: 2019-12-30
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP Experienced Counsel
Tags: 18-usc-3553a abuse-of-discretion appellate-review criminal-sentencing due-process judicial-discretion remand sentencing-factors sentencing-guidelines sentencing-review statutory-interpretation substantive-reasonableness
Key Terms:
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Latest Conference: 2020-01-24
Question Presented (AI Summary)

whether-substantive-reasonableness-review-requires-or-permits-the-courts-of-appeals-to-reweigh-the-18-usc-3553a-factors

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED FOR REVIEW 1. Whether substantive reasonableness review requires or permits the courts of appeals to “reweigh the [18 U.S.C. §3553(a)] factors”? SUBSIDIARY QUESTION: Whether the Court should hold the case pending the resolution of Holguin-Hernandez v. United States, No. 18-7739, 2019 WL 429919, _S.Ct._, U.S. (June 3, 2019)(granting certiorari), and potentially grant certiorari, vacate the judgment below, and remand in light of that case? ii PARTIES Miguel Jilberto Vazquez-Chavarria is the Petitioner, who was the defendant-appellant below. The United States of America is the Respondent, who was the plaintiff-appellee below. ili

Docket Entries

2020-01-27
Petition DENIED.
2020-01-09
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/24/2020.
2020-01-06
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2019-12-26
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due January 29, 2020)

Attorneys

Miguel Jilberto Vazquez-Chavarria
Kevin Joel PageOffice of the Federal Public Defender, Petitioner
United States
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent