No. 21-7430
Roberto Padilla Espinoza v. United States
Tags: appellate-review criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing due-process equal-protection fifth-circuit-review judicial-discretion prior-convictions sentencing-enhancement sentencing-guidelines
Key Terms:
SocialSecurity Securities Immigration
SocialSecurity Securities Immigration
Latest Conference:
2022-04-14
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether the Fifth Circuit improperly approved the district court's decision to increase the petitioner's sentence based on unscored prior convictions
Question Presented (OCR Extract)
Issue Presented 1. The Fifth Circuit improperly approved the district court’s decision to increase Petitioner’s sentence based on unscored prior convictions. i
Docket Entries
2022-04-18
Petition DENIED.
2022-03-30
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/14/2022.
2022-03-24
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2022-03-16
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due April 21, 2022)
Attorneys
Roberto Espinoza
John Andrew Kuchera — Attorney at Law, Petitioner
United States
Elizabeth B. Prelogar — Solicitor General, Respondent