No. 20-6134

Adam Alfredo Flores v. United States

Lower Court: Fifth Circuit
Docketed: 2020-10-26
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: 8th-amendment criminal-history cruel-and-unusual-punishment disproportionate-sentence eighth-amendment felon-in-possession sentencing-guidelines substantive-reasonableness
Key Terms:
Punishment
Latest Conference: 2020-12-04
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Was a maximum ten year sentence above the guidelines of 70 to 87 months' imprisonment for Felon in Possession of a Firearm substantively unreasonable, cruel and unusual punishment and disproportionate to the offense

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED Was a maximum ten year sentence above the guidelines of 70 to 87 months’ imprisonment for Felon in Possession of a Firearm substantively unreasonable, cruel and unusual punishment and disproportionate to the offense, which involved his possessing a firearm underneath his seat in his vehicle, thus violating Mr. Flores’ Eighth Amendment right to be free from extreme sentences that are grossly disproportionate to the crime, even though Mr. Flores had an extensive criminal history and the Court cited the need to protect the public? i

Docket Entries

2020-12-07
Petition DENIED.
2020-11-18
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/4/2020.
2020-11-04
Waiver of right of respondent United States of America to respond filed.
2020-10-21
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due November 25, 2020)

Attorneys

Adam Flores
Sandra EastwoodSandra Eastwood, Petitioner
United States of America
Jeffrey B. WallActing Solicitor General, Respondent