No. 24-6271

Javier Francisco Perez v. United States

Lower Court: Fifth Circuit
Docketed: 2025-01-13
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP Experienced Counsel
Tags: categorical-approach criminal-procedure felony-offense probation-revocation sentencing-guidelines supervised-release
Latest Conference: 2025-02-21
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Does the policy statement's text require the categorical approach?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

I. Whenever a probationer or supervised releasee faces revocation, the Guidelines Manual assigns a grade to the violation “conduct.” The violation grade affects the suggested sentencing range, and the applicable policy statement reserves the highest grade for felony “c rime[s] of violence” and “controlled substance offense[s].” Does the policy statement’s text require the categorical approach ?

Docket Entries

2025-02-24
Petition DENIED.
2025-01-30
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/21/2025.
2025-01-22
Waiver of United States of right to respond submitted.
2025-01-22
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2025-01-08
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due February 12, 2025)

Attorneys

Javier Francisco Perez
Taylor Wills Edwards BrownFederal Public Defender, N.D. Tex., Petitioner
Taylor Wills Edwards BrownFederal Public Defender, N.D. Tex., Petitioner
United States
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent
Sarah M. HarrisActing Solicitor General, Respondent
Sarah M. HarrisActing Solicitor General, Respondent