No. 20-5302

Edwin Daniel Gongora-Baltan v. United States

Lower Court: Eleventh Circuit
Docketed: 2020-08-07
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: criminal-interpretation criminal-law due-process extraterritorial-application judicial-construction rule-of-lenity sentencing-guidelines statutory-analysis statutory-interpretation
Key Terms:
DueProcess Immigration
Latest Conference: 2020-09-29
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a court must employ the presumption against extraterritorial application and the rule of lenity in interpreting a sentencing guideline enhancement provision to determine whether it applies to extraterritorial or merely domestic criminal conduct

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED FOR REVIEW In the interpretation of a sentencing guideline enhancement provision to determine whether it applies to extraterritorial or merely domestic criminal conduct, must a court employ the presumption against extraterritorial application and the rule of lenity? i INTERESTED PARTIES There parties interested in the proceeding other than those named in the caption of the case are: Miguel Salas Vallecilla (co-defendant) ii

Docket Entries

2020-10-05
Petition DENIED.
2020-08-20
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2020.
2020-08-14
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2020-07-24
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due September 8, 2020)

Attorneys

Edwin Gongora
Richard A. Merlino Jr.Voluck & Merlino, P.L., Petitioner
Richard A. Merlino Jr.Voluck & Merlino, P.L., Petitioner
United States
Jeffrey B. WallActing Solicitor General, Respondent
Jeffrey B. WallActing Solicitor General, Respondent