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Jose Leonel Bonilla-Romero v. United States
Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, No. 19-20643 · judgment December 30, 2020
Certiorari denied · November 15, 2021
Pre-decision estimate: 3% cert probability
Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.
Question presented
Does the Due Process Clause of the Fifth Amendment require notice of the sentencing range prior to sentencing? Is it a violation of separation of powers for courts to substitute the statutory sentencing range for second-degree murder into the provision for firstdegree murder?
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Cooke Wilson Kelsey
Parker & Sanchez PLLC
For respondent
Edwin S. Kneedler
Acting Solicitor General
Case
Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference
Proceedings
- Nov 15 2021Petition DENIED.
- Oct 29 2021Reply of petitioner Jose Bonilla-Romero filed. (Distributed)
- Oct 27 2021DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/12/2021.
- Oct 12 2021Brief of respondent United States in opposition filed.
- Sep 08 2021Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including October 12, 2021.
- Sep 07 2021Motion to extend the time to file a response from September 10, 2021 to October 12, 2021, submitted to The Clerk.
- Jul 28 2021Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including September 10, 2021.
- Jul 27 2021Motion to extend the time to file a response from August 11, 2021 to September 10, 2021, submitted to The Clerk.
- Jul 08 2021Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including August 11, 2021.
- Jul 07 2021Motion to extend the time to file a response from July 12, 2021 to August 11, 2021, submitted to The Clerk.
- Jun 01 2021Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due July 12, 2021)