No. 25A692

Eliel Nunez Sanchez v. United States

Lower Court: Ninth Circuit
Docketed: 2025-12-12
Status: Application
Type: A
Tags: criminal-conviction direct-appeal federal-appellate ninth-circuit standard-of-review sufficiency-of-evidence
Key Terms:
Immigration
Latest Conference: N/A
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Ninth Circuit applied the correct standard of review in affirming a criminal conviction on direct appeal

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

No question identified. : APPLICATION FOR EXTENSION OF TIME To the Honorable Elena Kagan, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States and Circuit Justice for the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit: Pursuant to Rule 13.5 of the Rules of this Court, Applicant Eliel Nunez Sanchez requests a 60-day extension of time within which to file a petition for a writ of certiorari in this Court, to and including February 23, 2026. Mr. Nunez’s petition will challenge the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit’s published decision affirming his conviction on direct appeal. United States v. Nunez, 140 F.4th 1157 (9th Cir. 2025), reh’g denied Sept. 24, 2025. The panel opinion and denial of panel and en banc rehearing are reproduced in the

Docket Entries

2025-12-12
Application (25A692) granted by Justice Kagan extending the time to file until February 21, 2026.
2025-12-10
Application (25A692) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from December 23, 2025 to February 21, 2026, submitted to Justice Kagan.

Attorneys

Eliel Nunez Sanchez
Holt Ortiz AldenOffice of the Federal Public Defender (C.D. Cal.), Petitioner
Holt Ortiz AldenOffice of the Federal Public Defender (C.D. Cal.), Petitioner
United States
D. John SauerSolicitor General, Respondent
D. John SauerSolicitor General, Respondent