No. 20-6590

Jimmy Pike v. United States

Lower Court: Fifth Circuit
Docketed: 2020-12-09
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: appellate-review clear-error conspiracy criminal-procedure drug-conspiracy methamphetamine mitigating-role sentencing-guidelines
Key Terms:
Immigration
Latest Conference: 2021-01-22
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the district court's denial of a mitigating role adjustment was clear error

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED Adistrict court’s guidelines calculations are reviewed for clear error. Did the court of appeals err in holding that the district court’s guidelines calculations did not constitute clear error where it denied a mitigating role adjustment to a conspirator who engaged in a limited number of transactions involving street-level quantities of methamphetamine?

Docket Entries

2021-01-25
Petition DENIED.
2021-01-07
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/22/2021.
2020-12-30
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2020-12-03
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due January 8, 2021)

Attorneys

Jimmy Pike
Pia LedermanLederman Law Firm, Petitioner
Pia LedermanLederman Law Firm, Petitioner
United States
Jeffrey B. WallActing Solicitor General, Respondent
Jeffrey B. WallActing Solicitor General, Respondent