No. 20-6521

Hector Valdez v. United States

Lower Court: First Circuit
Docketed: 2020-12-03
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: appeal-waiver appellate-review criminal-procedure first-step-act retroactivity sentencing statutory-interpretation waiver-of-rights
Key Terms:
Environmental SocialSecurity Securities Immigration
Latest Conference: 2021-01-15
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a defendant's pre-First Step Act waiver of appeal rights applies to claims based on the First Step Act's passage

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED If a defendant waives the right to appeal a sentence and the waiver takes place before the passage of the First Step Act and the defendant is sentenced after the passage of the First Step Act is the waiver applicable to claims raised based on the passage of the First Step Act?

Docket Entries

2021-01-19
Petition DENIED.
2020-12-30
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/15/2021.
2020-12-20
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2020-11-25
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due January 4, 2021)

Attorneys

Hector Valdez
Robert Barney MannRobert B Mann Law office, Petitioner
Robert Barney MannRobert B Mann Law office, Petitioner
United States
Jeffrey B. WallActing Solicitor General, Respondent
Jeffrey B. WallActing Solicitor General, Respondent