No. 23-5599

Juan Manuel Amaya-Castaneda v. United States

Lower Court: Fifth Circuit
Docketed: 2023-09-18
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP Experienced Counsel
Tags: almendarez-torres appellate-review criminal-procedure judicial-discretion prior-conviction-exception prior-convictions sentencing sentencing-guidelines sixth-amendment
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Latest Conference: 2023-10-13
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a party may obtain appellate relief when the district court fails to address substantial arguments for a sentence outside the Guideline range

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED Whether, after Holguin-Hernandez v. United States, _U.S.__, 140 S.Ct. 762 (2020), a party may obtain appellate relief when the district court fails to reference or address substantial arguments for a sentence outside the Guideline range, even if the party had not lodged a specific objection to the court’s failure to do so? Whether a district court errs should reference or address substantial arguments for a sentence outside the Guideline range? Whether, in light of the historical record, Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 224 (1998), should be overruled? i

Docket Entries

2023-10-16
Petition DENIED.
2023-09-28
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/13/2023.
2023-09-26
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2023-09-14
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due October 18, 2023)

Attorneys

Juan Amaya-Castaneda
Kevin Joel Page — Petitioner
Kevin Joel Page — Petitioner
United States
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent