No. 24-5454

Jesse Alaniz Lopez v. United States

Lower Court: Fifth Circuit
Docketed: 2024-09-04
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: armed-career-criminal felony-classification fifth-amendment sentencing-enhancement substantive-due-process texas-robbery
Key Terms:
DueProcess Securities
Latest Conference: 2024-10-11
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Court of Appeals and District Court erred in construing a 1987 Texas robbery conviction as a felony for Armed Career sentencing, violating substantive due process under the Fifth Amendment

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED FOR REVIEW. Whether the Court of Appeals and District Court erred in construing a 1987 Texas robbery conviction as a felony for purposes of Armed Career sentencing, denying the Petitioner’s constitutional right to substantive due process under the Fifth Amendment by imposing an excessive sentence in violation of Gall v. United States, 552 U.S. 38 (2007). 1.

Docket Entries

2024-10-15
Petition DENIED.
2024-09-19
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/11/2024.
2024-09-12
Waiver of United States of America of right to respond submitted.
2024-09-11
Waiver of right of respondent United States of America to respond filed.
2024-08-28
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due October 4, 2024)

Attorneys

Jesse Alaniz Lopez
James Steven Hershberger — Petitioner
James Steven Hershberger — Petitioner
United States of America
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent