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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
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
Subject area
Criminal Procedure (estimated from the questions presented, in the Supreme Court Database’s categories)
Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference
Order
Order list, October 4, 2021 · Certiorari denied
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)