| 23-7132 |
Thomas G. O'Lear v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2024-04-04 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
healthcare-fraud insurance-company medicaid medicare offense-level-enhancement sentencing-guidelines victim-definition vulnerable-victim |
Whether patients whose information was used in a healthcare fraud case, but who were not otherwise harmed, count as 'victims' for purposes of the vuln… |
| 22-707 |
Barry J. Cadden v. United States |
First Circuit |
2023-01-30 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
circuit-split criminal-sentencing objective-standard objective-test reckless-risk sentencing-enhancement sentencing-guidelines subjective-test u.s.s.g.-3a1.1(b) vulnerable-victim vulnerable-victim-enhancement |
Did the District Court clearly err in applying a four-point 'vulnerable victim' enhancement under U.S.S.G. § 3A1.1(b) to defendant's sentence, absent … |
| 21-7065 |
Lori Majors v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2022-02-07 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-sentencing procedural-reasonableness ransom-demand sentencing-guidelines substantive-reasonableness upward-adjustment vulnerable-victim |
Did the district court err in assigning a two-level upward adjustment and a six-level upward adjustment? |
| 21-363 |
Wendy Marie Meigs v. Trey Bergman, et al. |
Texas |
2021-09-08 |
Denied |
|
abuse alternative-dispute-resolution court-ordered-mediation courtroom-guidelines family-court judicial-process manipulation mediation mediation-liability pro-se-representation victim-protection vulnerable-victim |
Should mediation participants and mediator be liable for abuse and manipulation of a vulnerable victim? |
| 19-7034 |
Charley Joe, Jr. v. United States |
Tenth Circuit |
2019-12-20 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
circuit-split constitutional-vagueness eighth-amendment sentencing-guidelines unusual-vulnerability vagueness victim-exploitation victim-vulnerability vulnerable-victim |
Does the vulnerable victim enhancement apply when the defendant did not exploit the victim's unusual vulnerability? |
| 18-7645 |
Alhan Sanchez v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-01-29 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-review burden-of-proof criminal-guidelines due-process mcmillan-v-pennsylvania meacham-v-fano minor-role-adjustment mitigating-role preponderance-of-evidence sentencing-enhancement sentencing-guidelines united-states-v-watts vulnerable-victim |
Whether the government must prove facts necessary for a vulnerable-victim sentencing enhancement by a preponderance of the evidence |