No. 20-7206

Pedro Gonzalez-Mendoza v. United States

Lower Court: Fifth Circuit
Docketed: 2021-02-22
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: 2015-amendment criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing district-court-discretion extraneous-factors mitigating-role sentencing-adjustment sentencing-guidelines u-s-sentencing-commission unrelated-cases
Key Terms:
SocialSecurity Securities Immigration
Latest Conference: 2021-03-19
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Did the district court err by denying Mr. Gonzalez-Mendoza a mitigating-role-adjustment

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED FOR REVIEW DID THE DISTRICT COURT ERR BY FINDING THAT MR. GONZALEZ-MENDOZA WAS NOT ELIGIBLE FOR A MITIGATING ROLE ADJUSTMENT PURSUANT TOU.S.S.G. §3B1.22 DID THE DISTRICT COURT ERR BY CONSIDERING EXTRANEOUS FACTORS IN DENYING AN ADJUSTMENT FOR MITIGATING ROLE ? DID THE DISTRICT COURT ERR BY COMPARING MR. GONZALEZ-MENDOZA TO DEFENDANTS IN OTHER, UNRELATED CASES ? DID THE DISTRICT COURT ERR BY DENYING MR. GONZALEZ-MENDOZA A MITIGATING ROLE ADJUSTMENT WITHOUT PROPERLY CONSIDERING THE FACTORS SET FORTH IN THE 2015 AMENDMENT TO § 3B1.2? DID THE DISTRICT COURT ERR BY DENYING MR. GONZALEZ-MENDOZA A REDUCTION FOR HIS ROLE IN THE OFFENSE UNDER U.S:S.G. §3B1.2 WHEN THERE WAS SUFFICIENT AND SUBSTANTIAL EVIDENCE TO WARRANT THIS REDUCTION? ii

Docket Entries

2021-03-22
Petition DENIED.
2021-03-04
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/19/2021.
2021-02-26
Waiver of right of respondent United States of America to respond filed.
2020-02-08
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due March 24, 2021)

Attorneys

Pedro Gonzalez-Mendoza
Amy R BlalockBlalock Law Firm, Petitioner
Amy R BlalockBlalock Law Firm, Petitioner
United States of America
Elizabeth B. PrelogarActing Solicitor General, Respondent
Elizabeth B. PrelogarActing Solicitor General, Respondent