No. 20-7936

Jose Oribel Ponce-Ulloa v. United States

Lower Court: Ninth Circuit
Docketed: 2021-05-05
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: appellate-review circuit-split criminal-procedure drug-offense federal-courts federal-sentencing sentencing sentencing-guidelines temporal-connection ussg-2d1.1 weapon-possession
Key Terms:
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Latest Conference: 2021-06-03
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a sentencing court can add two offense levels for possession of a weapon under USSG § 2D1.1(b)(1) when the gun is not used nor present in the actual offense and when there is little temporal connection between the offense and the possession because the weapon was found almost a year after the offense

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED The question presented which has divided federal courts of appeal is whether a sentencing court can add two offense levels for possession of a weapon under USSG § 2D1.1(b)(1) when the gun is not used nor present in the actual offense and when there is little temporal connection between the offense and the possession because the weapon was found almost a year after the offense. i

Docket Entries

2021-06-07
Petition DENIED.
2021-05-19
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/3/2021.
2021-05-13
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2021-04-29
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due June 4, 2021)

Attorneys

Jose Ponce-Ulloa
Andrew Henry Parnes — Petitioner
United States
Elizabeth B. PrelogarActing Solicitor General, Respondent