No. 20-8204

Severiano Martinez-Rojas v. United States

Lower Court: Second Circuit
Docketed: 2021-06-02
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: appellate-review appellate-waiver circuit-split criminal-procedure judicial-review plea-bargaining restitution restitution-calculation sentencing sentencing-procedure vulnerable-victim-enhancement
Key Terms:
SocialSecurity Securities Immigration
Latest Conference: 2021-09-27
Question Presented (AI Summary)

whether-the-second-circuit-failed-to-follow-supreme-court-precedent

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED I. Whether the Second Circuit failed to follow Supreme Court precedent in Rosales-Mireles v. United States, 138 8. Ct. 1897, 1900 (2018) when it enforced an appellate waiver on the issue of whether Petitioner could challenge the vulnerable victim enhancements? II. Whether the Second Circuit’s failure to remedy the excessive restitution imposed upon Petitioner, which appeared to be sheer speculation, rather than an estimate, conflicts with decisions of other circuits and requires the Supreme Court to resolve the conflict and ensure uniformity across the circuits? i

Docket Entries

2021-10-04
Petition DENIED.
2021-06-17
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/27/2021.
2021-06-08
Waiver of right of respondent United States of America to respond filed.
2021-05-26
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due July 2, 2021)

Attorneys

Severiano Martinez-Rojas
Robin SmithLaw Office of Robin C. Smith, Esq., P.C., Petitioner
Robin SmithLaw Office of Robin C. Smith, Esq., P.C., Petitioner
United States of America
Brian H. FletcherActing Solicitor General, Respondent
Brian H. FletcherActing Solicitor General, Respondent