record-silence

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
19-6109 James Abraham Mata v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-10-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2255 district-court-judgment federal-prisoner federal-statutory-provisions habeas-corpus record-silence retroactive-decision second-or-successive-motion statutory-provision successive-motion unconstitutional unconstitutional-provision unconstitutional-statute When seeking relief under a retroactive decision invalidating a federal statutory provision as unconstitutional, what must a federal prisoner show in …
18-9026 Arrez Meliton-Salto v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-04-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review criminal-procedure district-court guidelines-range molina-martinez-v-united-states plain-error prejudice record-silence sentencing sentencing-guidelines Whether the defendant may rely on the district court's error alone to show prejudice under plain error review when the record is silent as to what the…