role-adjustment

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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…