| 20-5868 |
Manuel Acosta-Lopez v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-10-01 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
in a run-of-the-mill drug smuggling case between is a participant who had a managerial role in the criminal-law criminal-procedure drug-smuggling drug-trafficking managerial-role mexico-united-states-border mexico-us-relations minor-role participant-classification role-adjustment role-in-offense sentencing-guidelines |
Whether a participant with a managerial role is excluded from being considered an 'average participant' for USSG § 3B1.2 minor role comparison |
| 19-7525 |
Gregory Joel Sitzmann v. United States |
District of Columbia |
2020-02-03 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
conflict-of-laws conflict-with-other-courts-of-appeals conflict-with-supreme-court court-of-appeals criminal-procedure drug-smuggling evidence federal-sentencing foreign-drug-smuggling ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jurisdiction jurisdiction-over-evidence pro-se-petition prosecutorial-misconduct |
Whether the district court lacked jurisdiction over evidence of foreign drug smuggling and whether the United States Court of Appeals for the District… |
| 19-7367 |
Adalberto Magana-Gonzalez v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-01-22 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
border-patrol confrontation-clause drug-smuggling expert-testimony hearsay prejudicial-error sixth-amendment witness-testimony |
Whether the district court committed prejudicial error under the Sixth Amendment when it permitted a DEA agent to tell the jury what a Border Patrol a… |