No. 20-6692

Juan Manuel Lopez-Canales v. United States

Lower Court: Fifth Circuit
Docketed: 2020-12-22
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP Experienced Counsel
Tags: Almendarez-Torres case-review criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit judicial-precedent jury-trial legal-challenge recidivism sentencing supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari
Key Terms:
Environmental SocialSecurity
Latest Conference: 2021-02-19
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED FOR REVIEW Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)? No. In the Supreme Court of the United States JUAN MANUEL LOPEZ-CANALES, PETITIONER, V. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, RESPONDENT PETITION FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT Petitioner Juan Manuel Lopez-Canales asks that a writ of certiorari issue to review the opinion and judgment entered by the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit on October 1, 2020.

Docket Entries

2021-02-22
Petition DENIED.
2021-01-14
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/19/2021.
2021-01-11
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2020-12-16
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due January 21, 2021)

Attorneys

Juan Manuel Lopez-Canales
Bradford Wayne BoganFederal Public Defender for the Western District o, Petitioner
Bradford Wayne BoganFederal Public Defender for the Western District o, Petitioner
United States
Elizabeth B. PrelogarActing Solicitor General, Respondent
Elizabeth B. PrelogarActing Solicitor General, Respondent