role-adjustment
10 cases — ← All topics
| Case | Title | Lower Court | Docketed | Status | Flags | Tags | Question Presented |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21-5725 | Sergio Amaya-Martinez v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2021-09-20 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 28-u.s.c.s.-991(b) 5th-circuit circuit-court-interpretation criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing role-adjustment sentencing-fairness sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation u.s.s.g.-3b1.2 | 1. Whether the 5th Circuit Court has qualified the minor and minimal role adjustment commentary under U.S.S.G. §3 B1.2 such that the sentences in cons… |
| 21-5418 | Sergio Bucio v. United States | Sixth Circuit | 2021-08-20 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | appellate-review criminal-law criminal-procedure district-court district-court-discretion mitigating-role money-laundering role-adjustment sentencing sentencing-guidelines ussg-3b1.2 | I. Whether the district court erred in calculating the amount of laundered funds attributable to Mr. Bucio. II. Whether the district court erred by f… |
| 20-6854 | Jose Armando Bazan v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2021-01-13 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | appellate-review criminal-sentencing fact-question plain-error-review role-adjustment sentencing-guidelines | Whether the Fifth Circuit properly applied plain error review in rejecting Petitioner's argument that he should have received a minor or mitigating ro… |
| 20-6656 | Jose Armando Bazan v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2020-12-18 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | criminal-procedure davis-v-united-states fifth-circuit plain-error role-adjustment sentencing | Whether the Fifth Circuit properly applied the plain error standard of review in determining that petitioner failed to establish plain error regarding… |
| 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, in a run-of-the-mill drug smuggling case between Mexico and the United States, is a participant who had a managerial role in the offense excl… |
| 20-5458 | Fidel Alain Martin-Sosa v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2020-08-28 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | appellate-review clear-error criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing drug-conspiracy methamphetamine mitigating-role role-adjustment sentencing-guidelines standard-of-review | A district court's guidelines calculations are reviewed for clear error. Did the court of appeals err in holding that the district court's guidelines … |
| 19-7083 | Leroy L. Perdue v. United States | Fourth Circuit | 2019-12-30 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 851-enhancement criminal-procedure due-process enhancement federal-statute notice role-adjustment sentencing sentencing-enhancement sentencing-guidelines statutory-compliance statutory-interpretation | 1. Whether the sentence should be vacated for failure comply with the requirements of 21 U.S.C. § 851(b). 2. Whether the court erred in assessing a f… |
| 19-6431 | Jose Armando Bazan v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2019-10-29 | GVR | Relisted (4)IFP | appellate-review criminal-procedure fact-question guidelines plain-error role-adjustment sentencing sentencing-guidelines | Petitioner, JOSE ARMANDO BAZAN, was charged with and pleaded guilty to a single count of possession with intent to distribute cocaine. The District Co… |
| 19-6113 | Jose Armando Bazan v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2019-10-01 | GVR | Relisted (4)IFP | appellate-procedure appellate-review cocaine-conspiracy criminal-appeal criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-sentencing downward-adjustment fact-question guidelines plain-error plain-error-review role-adjustment sentencing sentencing-guidelines standard-of-review | Petitioner, JOSE ARMANDO BAZAN, was charged with and pleaded guilty to conspiring to possess with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of cocaine. T… |
| 19-5718 | Alexander Lee Salazar v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2019-08-27 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | acceptance-of-responsibility appeal criminal-procedure district-court district-court-discretion mitigating-factors mitigating-role offense-level role-adjustment sentencing-guidelines | L Did the district court err when it declined to grant Mr. Salazar a mitigating role adjustment under the Guidelines? I. Did the district court err w… |