No. 20-5590

Manuel Chacon-Lara v. United States

Lower Court: Fifth Circuit
Docketed: 2020-09-03
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: constitutional-right constitutional-rights due-process fast-track fifth-circuit fifth-circuit-court-of-appeals ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel pre-trial-proceedings pre-trial-stage sentence-reduction sentencing
Key Terms:
HabeasCorpus
Latest Conference: 2020-10-09
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Did the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals err in determining there was no 'Substantial Showing of Denial of a Constitutional Right' when Chacon-Lara argued that counsel was Ineffective when he failed to Request a Fast Track sentence reduction in his circumstances

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED FOR REVIEW Did the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals err in determining there was no “Substantial Showing of Denial of a Constitutional Right” When Chacon-Lara argued that counsel was Ineffective when he failed to Request a Fast Track sentence reduction in his circumstances. Did the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals err in determining there was no “Substantial Showing of Denial of a Constitutional Right” — When the allegations of Ineffectiveness at the pre-trial stage suggest encouragement to proceed further. ii

Docket Entries

2020-10-13
Petition DENIED.
2020-09-24
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/9/2020.
2020-09-15
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2020-08-19
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due October 5, 2020)

Attorneys

Manuel Chacon-Lara
Manuel Chacon-Lara — Petitioner
United States
Jeffrey B. WallActing Solicitor General, Respondent