No. 20-6474

Pedro Fermin Barajas v. United States

Lower Court: Fifth Circuit
Docketed: 2020-11-30
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP Experienced Counsel
Tags: appellate-review criminal-procedure due-process judicial-discretion sentencing sentencing-factors sentencing-review standard-of-review substantive-reasonableness
Key Terms:
SocialSecurity Securities Immigration
Latest Conference: 2021-01-15
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether substantive reasonableness review necessarily encompasses some degree of reweighing the sentencing factors?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED Whether substantive reasonableness review necessarily encompasses some degree of reweighing the sentencing factors? ii PARTIES Pedro Fermin Barajas is the petitioner, who was the defendant-appellant below. The United States of America is the respondent, and was the plaintiff-appellee below. iii

Docket Entries

2021-01-19
Petition DENIED.
2020-12-30
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/15/2021.
2020-12-21
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2020-11-20
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due December 30, 2020)

Attorneys

Pedro Fermin Barajas
Christopher A. CurtisFederal Public Defender's Office, Petitioner
United States
Jeffrey B. WallActing Solicitor General, Respondent