No. 20-5868

Manuel Acosta-Lopez v. United States

Lower Court: Ninth Circuit
Docketed: 2020-10-01
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP Experienced Counsel
Tags: in a run-of-the-mill drug smuggling case between is a participant who had a managerial role in the criminal-law criminal-procedure drug-smuggling drug-trafficking managerial-role mexico-united-states-border mexico-us-relations minor-role participant-classification role-adjustment role-in-offense sentencing-guidelines
Key Terms:
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Latest Conference: 2020-11-06
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a participant with a managerial role is excluded from being considered an 'average participant' for USSG § 3B1.2 minor role comparison

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED FOR REVIEW Whether, in a run-of-the-mill drug smuggling case between Mexico and the United States, is a participant who had a managerial role in the offense excluded from being considered an “average participant” for purposes of the USSG § 3B1.2 minor role comparison group? Prefix

Docket Entries

2020-11-09
Petition DENIED.
2020-10-22
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/6/2020.
2020-10-13
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2020-09-23
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due November 2, 2020)

Attorneys

Manuel Acosta-Lopez
Gary Paul BurchamBurcham & Zugman, APC, Petitioner
United States
Jeffrey B. WallActing Solicitor General, Respondent