No. 23-6461

Luis Armando Jimenez v. United States

Lower Court: Ninth Circuit
Docketed: 2024-01-11
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: appellate-review circuit-split criminal-procedure due-process federal-criminal-justice federal-sentencing guidelines judicial-discretion sentencing sentencing-guidelines
Key Terms:
CriminalProcedure JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference: 2024-02-16
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Under Rita v. United States, can a district court ignore a party's nonfrivolous arguments for a greater or lesser sentence

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED Under Rita v. United States, 551 U.S. 338 (2007), can a district court at sentencing ignore a party’s nonfrivolous arguments for a greater or lesser sentence, as the Second, Fifth, and Ninth Circuits have held, or must the court respond, as the Third, Fourth, Sixth, Seventh, and Tenth Circuits have held? prefix

Docket Entries

2024-02-20
Petition DENIED.
2024-01-18
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/16/2024.
2024-01-16
Waiver of right of respondent United States of America to respond filed.
2024-01-08
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due February 12, 2024)

Attorneys

Luis Jimenez
Daniel Joseph Yadron Jr.Federal Defenders of San Diego, Inc., Petitioner
Daniel Joseph Yadron Jr.Federal Defenders of San Diego, Inc., Petitioner
United States of America
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent