| 23-6712 |
Abner Renato Natareno-Calderon v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-02-09 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-review criminal-procedure judicial-presumption reasonableness-standard rita-precedent rita-v-united-states sentencing sentencing-guidelines standard-of-review substantive-reasonableness |
Whether the Court should clarify how a defendant who challenges
the substantive reasonableness of a within-Guidelines sentence may
rebut an appellate … |
| 23-578 |
Christopher Kinzy v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-11-29 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
appellate-review circuit-split criminal-procedure district-court-discretion gall-standard gall-v-united-states guidelines judicial-explanation rita-v-united-states sentencing sentencing-guidelines |
Whether a district court can insulate from vacatur a sentence based on an erroneously enhanced Guidelines range simply by stating, without explanation… |
| 23-5432 |
Kyle Vaughn v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-08-24 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-review criminal-procedure judicial-presumption presumption-of-reasonableness reasonableness-standard rita-precedent rita-v-united-states sentencing sentencing-guidelines substantive-reasonableness |
Whether the Court should clarify how a defendant who challenges
the substantive reasonableness of a within-Guidelines sentence may
rebut an appellate … |
| 22-7833 |
Jeremy Randall Ezell v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-06-21 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-review criminal-procedure federal-sentencing judicial-presumption reasonableness-standard rita-v-united-states sentencing sentencing-guidelines standard-of-review substantive-reasonableness |
Whether the Court should clarify how a defendant who challenges
the substantive reasonableness of a within-Guidelines sentence may
rebut an appellate … |
| 22-7517 |
Phillip Daniel Love v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2023-05-10 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
circuit-split district-court-explanation holguin-hernandez-v-united-states mitigating-arguments mitigation-arguments preservation-of-error rita-v-united-states sentencing-arguments sentencing-procedure standard-of-review |
When a district court rejects a party's nonfrivolous sentencing argument, the court is required to explain why. Rita v. United States, 551 U.S. 338, 3… |
| 22-6732 |
David Alvarado-Rios v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-02-08 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-review criminal-procedure federal-sentencing judicial-discretion presumption-of-reasonableness rita-v-united-states sentencing sentencing-guidelines standard-of-review substantive-reasonableness |
How does a defendant who challenges the substantive reasonableness of a within-Guidelines sentence rebut an appellate presumption of reasonableness of… |
| 22-5586 |
Lori Ann Robles v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2022-09-15 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-procedure discretionary-review mandatory-guidelines rita-v-united-states sentencing velson-v-united-states |
1. Whether the decision of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit affirming Petitioner's sentence of 360 months, based on an importa… |
| 22-5314 |
Daniel Ray v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2022-08-09 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-review criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing due-process judicial-discretion legal-reasoning rita-v-united-states sentencing-guidelines |
The Court has observed that "where a party presents nonfrivolous reasons for
imposing a different sentence, the judge will normally go further and exp… |
| 22-5232 |
Jesus Javier Cruz-Hernandez v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2022-07-29 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-review criminal-procedure federal-sentencing judicial-presumption reasonableness-standard rita-v-united-states sentencing sentencing-guidelines standard-of-review substantive-reasonableness |
Whether the Court should clarify how a defendant who challenges the substantive reasonableness of a within-Guidelines sentence may rebut an appellate … |
| 21-6937 |
Colin Michael v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2022-01-21 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-review district-court district-court-discretion judicial-presumption rita-v-united-states sentencing sentencing-commission sentencing-guidelines substantive-reasonableness united-states-sentencing-commission |
Should an appellate court automatically presume that a within - or below guideline sentence is substantively reasonable when the underlying rationale … |
| 20-6274 |
Fernando Juarez, aka Fernando Perez-Juarez v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2020-11-10 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3553a appellate-review criminal-sentencing federal-sentencing judicial-discretion overarching-goal presumption-of-reasonableness reasonableness-standard rita-v-united-states sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation |
Whether the presumption of reasonableness for within-guidelines sentences approved in Rita v. United States, 551 U.S. 338 (2007) has proved incompatib… |
| 19-8543 |
Carl L. Burdick v. United States |
Second Circuit |
2020-05-27 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3553 advisory-guidelines criminal-procedure judicial-discretion plea-agreement rita-v-united-states sentencing sentencing-guidelines sentencing-range united-states-v-booker |
Whether the District Court, contrary to precedents of this Court and the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, accorded the advisory … |
| 18-8675 |
Joshua Sedillo v. United States |
Tenth Circuit |
2019-04-05 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-procedure appellate-review circuit-precedent criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing district-court due-process gall-v-united-states judicial-review rita-v-united-states sentencing sentencing-guidelines sentencing-variance variance |
Is the Tenth Circuit precedent allowing a district court to say nothing when a reasonable request for a variance is made at sentencing consistent with… |
| 18-8451 |
Luciano Garcia v. United States |
Tenth Circuit |
2019-03-18 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-procedure appellate-review criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing district-court due-process gall-v-united-states judicial-review rita-v-united-states sentencing sentencing-guidelines sentencing-variance tenth-circuit variance |
Is the Tenth Circuit precedent allowing a district court to say nothing when a reasonable request for a variance is made at sentencing consistent with… |
| 18-7800 |
Rene Antonio Aguilar v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-02-06 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
circuit-split criminal-justice criminal-procedure due-process federal-courts federal-criminal-justice procedural-obligations rita-standard rita-v-united-states sentencing sentencing-arguments |
Can a district court at sentencing fail to respond to a party's non-frivolous sentencing arguments? |
| 18-596 |
Marie Neba v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2018-11-06 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
appellate-review criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing due-process federal-sentencing judicial-discretion judicial-review presumption-of-reasonableness proportionality rita-v-united-states sentencing-disparities sentencing-guidelines |
Should the Court overrule or refine Rita v. United States (2007) 551 U.S. 338, such that an irregular and disproportionate within-Guidelines sentence … |
| 18-6459 |
Cliserio Balmes-Cruz v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2018-10-26 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-review appellate-standard circuit-split criminal-procedure due-process judicial-consideration non-frivolous-arguments procedural-reasonableness rita-v-united-states sentencing sentencing-review standard-of-review |
Whether a sentencing judge must provide some express treatment to a defendant's non-frivolous arguments |
| 18-6404 |
Tomas Ramirez-Cruz v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2018-10-24 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-review circuit-split criminal-sentencing due-process judicial-review non-frivolous-arguments procedural-due-process procedural-reasonableness reasonableness rita-v-united-states sentencing-policy sentencing-procedure sentencing-reasonableness |
Whether an appellate court may affirm as procedurally reasonable a sentence imposed where the record contains no indication the sentencing judge consi… |