No. 20-7708

Jose Noe Castro Orellana v. United States

Lower Court: Fifth Circuit
Docketed: 2021-04-09
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: appellate-review circuit-split criminal-sentencing due-process fact-finding plain-error-review procedural-error sentencing-guidelines substantial-rights
Key Terms:
DueProcess Immigration Privacy JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference: 2021-05-13
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Fifth Circuit misapplied Rita v. United States and Gall v. United States by elevating the presumption of reasonableness over a reliance on clearly erroneous facts

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals held that Mr. Castro Orellana could not show an effect on his substantial rights on plain-error review even though the district court relied on a clearly erroneous belief concerning the facts of the case because the district court sentenced him within a range under the federal Sentencing Guidelines. In so holding, did the Fifth Circuit misapply this Court's decision in Rita v. United States, 551 U.S. 338 (2007), and Gall v. United States, 552 U.S. 38 (2007)? i

Docket Entries

2021-05-17
Petition DENIED.
2021-04-22
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/13/2021.
2021-04-19
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2021-04-07
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due May 10, 2021)

Attorneys

Jose Noe Castro Orellana
Michael Lance HermanFederal Public Defender, Petitioner
Michael Lance HermanFederal Public Defender, Petitioner
United States
Elizabeth B. PrelogarActing Solicitor General, Respondent
Elizabeth B. PrelogarActing Solicitor General, Respondent