No. 23-6577

Vahe Dadyan and Artur Ayvazyan, aka Arthur Ayvazyan v. United States

Lower Court: Ninth Circuit
Docketed: 2024-01-25
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP Experienced Counsel
Tags: conspiracy conspiracy-liability criminal-law criminal-sentencing due-process mandatory-restitution proportional-punishment reasonably-foreseeable restitution sentencing statutory-interpretation victim-compensation
Key Terms:
Immigration
Latest Conference: 2024-03-01
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether 18 U.S.C. § 3663A permits a court to order the least culpable member of a conspiracy to pay the same amount of restitution as the most culpable member

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED Whether 18 U.S.C. § 3663A (Mandatory restitution to victims of certain crimes) which imposes restitution for losses “directly and proximately” caused by a defendant (i.e. that which is “reasonably foreseeable”), permits a court to order the least culpable member of a conspiracy to pay the same amount of restitution as the most culpable member?

Docket Entries

2024-03-04
Petition DENIED.
2024-02-15
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/1/2024.
2024-02-08
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2024-01-22
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due February 26, 2024)

Attorneys

United States
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent
Vahe Dadyan, et al.
Verna Jean WefaldAttorney at Law, Petitioner
Verna Jean WefaldAttorney at Law, Petitioner