| 22-6558 |
Roshua Marquiston White v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-01-18 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-review criminal-sentencing minimal-role minor-role sentencing-guidelines standard-of-review |
Whether the Fifth Circuit erred in affirming the district court's denial of a minor or minimal role reduction under the Sentencing Guidelines without … |
| 21-7598 |
Irvin Garces v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2022-04-12 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
administration-of-justice criminal-procedure drug-offense exceptional-importance federal-law fifth-circuit minor-role sentencing-guidelines |
whether-the-fifth-circuit-violated-federal-law |
| 20-8395 |
Luis Bernal-Villareal v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2021-06-23 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
average-participant criminal-procedure drug-importation lower-courts minor-role sentencing-guidelines ussg-3b1.2 ussg-analysis |
Whether managers and supervisors should be considered 'average participants' for USSG § 3B1.2 minor role analysis |
| 20-6789 |
Lilia Abril Olmedo-Perez v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2021-01-08 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
administration-of-justice appellate-review criminal-procedure drug-offense federal-law fifth-circuit minor-role sentencing-guidelines |
Whether the Fifth Circuit violated federal law when it conducted a cursory review of the facts related to a warranted two-level adjustment under U.S.S… |
| 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 |
| 19-7820 |
Marcus Derby v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2020-02-28 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
circuit-split conspiracy conspiracy-involvement criminal-procedure drug-trafficking essential-participant minor-participant minor-role reduction sentencing-guidelines supplier |
Does being a supplier to a drug trafficking organization categorically bar a defendant from receiving the 'minor participant' reduction under the Sent… |
| 19-5634 |
Daniel Marquez v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-08-20 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
9th-circuit appellate-review criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing downward-adjustment minor-role ninth-circuit sentencing sentencing-adjustment statutory-interpretation supreme-court-rule-10 ussg-3b1.2 |
Whether the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit erred in affirming the lower court's decision to deny a minor-role adjustment |
| 18-7715 |
Jose Flores v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-02-01 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-procedure district-court-discretion drug-quantity due-process federal-rules-of-criminal-procedure minor-role minor-role-reduction plea-bargaining plea-colloquy rule-11 sentencing sentencing-guidelines standard-of-review ussg-3b1.2 |
Was the District Court's failure to determine a factual basis, and to insure that defendant understood the nature of the charges, in violation of Rule… |