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Francisco Coto-Mendoza v. United States
IFP petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, No. 20-10451 · judgment January 25, 2021
Certiorari denied · October 4, 2021
Question presented
Whether, after Holguin-Hernandez v. United States, U.S., 140 S.Ct. 762 (2020), a party may obtain appellate relief when the district court fails to reference or address substantial arguments for a sentence outside the Guideline range, even if the party had not lodged a specific objection to the court’s failure to do so?
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Kevin Joel Page
For respondent
Brian H. Fletcher
Acting Solicitor General
Case
Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference
Proceedings
- Oct 04 2021Petition DENIED.
- Jul 15 2021DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/27/2021.
- Jul 12 2021Waiver of right of respondent United States of America to respond filed.
- Jun 24 2021Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due July 28, 2021)