No. 20-5108

Salvador Ojeda-Amarillas v. United States

Lower Court: Ninth Circuit
Docketed: 2020-07-20
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: appellate-review criminal-procedure firearms-enhancement leadership-role necessity necessity-requirement sentencing-enhancement sentencing-factors sentencing-guidelines waiver wiretap wiretap-application
Key Terms:
CriminalProcedure Privacy
Latest Conference: 2020-09-29
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Court of Appeals erred in finding the July 2006 wiretap application met the necessity requirements and whether it erred in holding Mr. Ojeda waived his argument to subsequent wiretap applications?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED FOR REVIEW 1. Whether the Court of Appeals erred in finding the July 2006 wiretap application met the necessity requirements and whether it erred in holding Mr. Ojeda waived his argument to subsequent wiretap applications? 2. Did the Court of Appeals err in affirming the application of a two-level firearms enhancement and a four-level, leadership-role enhancement? 3. Mr. Ojeda received a 20-year sentence after the district court gave excessive weight to one sentencing factor, while ignoring mitigating factors. Did the Court of Appeals err in affirming this effective life sentence? i

Docket Entries

2020-10-05
Petition DENIED.
2020-07-30
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2020.
2020-07-23
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2020-07-08
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due August 19, 2020)

Attorneys

Salvador Ojeda-Amarillas
Jeremy Daniel WarrenWarren & Burstein, Petitioner
United States
Jeffrey B. WallActing Solicitor General, Respondent