No. 22-7418

Sammy Redi Araya v. United States

Lower Court: Fourth Circuit
Docketed: 2023-05-01
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: burden-of-proof criminal-fraud government-failure judicial-discretion loss-amount loss-calculation plea-bargaining sentencing-courts sentencing-guidelines victim-losses
Key Terms:
HabeasCorpus
Latest Conference: 2023-06-01
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a sentencing court is required to verify actual or intended victim losses when applying a U.S. Sentencing Guidelines enhancement

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION(S) PRESENTED I. Whether a sentencing court is required to verify actual or intended victim ‘Losses when applying a U.S. Sentencing Guidelines (!U.S.S.G.") §2Bl.1 Sentencing ‘enhancement, where.the validity of. the total :loss amount is undermined by the governments failure::toi present an actual loss amount; and, #f. so; what ‘ts the proper application for sentencing courts to verify thé calculation: of :victim losses? : ' IL. Whether the amount of "loss" attributed to a defendant who pleaded guilty in a fraud case remains the same for a defendant in a superseding indictment, who pleaded not guilty, and challenged that amount of loss -especially where the government has not proven that uncontested amount of victim losses. i.

Docket Entries

2023-06-05
Petition DENIED.
2023-05-17
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/1/2023.
2023-05-09
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2023-04-25
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due May 31, 2023)

Attorneys

Sammy Redi Araya
Sammy Redi Araya — Petitioner
Sammy Redi Araya — Petitioner
United States
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent