No. 20-447

Francisco Rodriguez-Castro v. United States

Lower Court: Fifth Circuit
Docketed: 2020-10-08
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived
Tags: 28-usc-2255 career-offender criminal-sentencing miscarriage-of-justice petition-for-certiorari post-conviction-relief procedural-error section-2255 sentence-enhancement
Key Terms:
HabeasCorpus
Latest Conference: 2020-12-04
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Fifth Circuit erred in holding that Rodriguez's erroneous sentence enhancement as a career offender was not a miscarriage of justice entitling him to post-conviction relief

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED FOR REVIEW Whether the Fifth Circuit erred in holding that Rodriguez’s erroneous sentence enhancement as a career offender, which increased his sentence from 135 months to 262 months, was not a miscarriage of justice entitling him to post-conviction relief, given that Rodriguez incorrectly filed a motion pursuant to 28 U.S.S. § 2255 instead of a petition for certiorari after having his request for counsel denied?

Docket Entries

2020-12-07
Petition DENIED.
2020-11-10
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/4/2020.
2020-11-06
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2020-10-01
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due November 9, 2020)

Attorneys

Francisco Rodriguez
Hans Viktor OlavsonAttorney at Law, Petitioner
Hans Viktor OlavsonAttorney at Law, Petitioner
United States
Jeffrey B. WallActing Solicitor General, Respondent
Jeffrey B. WallActing Solicitor General, Respondent