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Medardo Queg Santos v. United States
Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, No. 20-13973 · judgment December 21, 2021
Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.
Questions presented
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If a physician’s good faith is a complete defense to a prosecution for prescribing controlled substances without a legitimate medical purpose or outside the usual course of professional practice 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1), as this Court may hold in Ruan v. United States, No. 20-1410 (oral argument convened Mar. 3, 2022), may an expert provide incorrect legal opinion testimony that the test is purely objective?
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At sentencing, may district courts find relevant conduct that has a wag-the-dog effect on the guidelines calculation by using a mere preponderance-ofevidence standard (as four circuits have held), or must they instead apply a clear-and-convincing-evidence standard (as one circuit has held)?
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Thomas Arnold Antoine Beller Burns
Burns, P.A.
For respondent
Elizabeth B. Prelogar
Solicitor General
Proceedings
- Nov 18 2022Judgment issued.
- Oct 17 2022Petition GRANTED. Judgment VACATED and case REMANDED for further consideration in light of Xiulu Ruan v. United States, 597 U. S. ___ (2022).
- Sep 28 2022DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/14/2022.
- Sep 27 2022Reply of petitioner Medardo Queg Santos filed. (Distributed)
- Sep 14 2022Brief of respondent United States in opposition filed.
- Aug 01 2022Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including September 14, 2022.
- Jul 28 2022Motion to extend the time to file a response from August 15, 2022 to September 14, 2022, submitted to The Clerk.
- Jul 14 2022Response Requested. (Due August 15, 2022)
- Jun 22 2022DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/28/2022.
- Jun 03 2022Memorandum of respondent United States filed.
- Apr 20 2022Application (21A504) denied by Justice Thomas.
- Apr 20 2022Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due June 3, 2022)
- Apr 08 2022Application (21A504) to extend further the time from April 20, 2022 to May 20, 2022, submitted to Justice Thomas.
- Mar 15 2022Application (21A504) granted by Justice Thomas extending the time to file until April 20, 2022.
- Mar 09 2022Application (21A504) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from March 21, 2022 to May 20, 2022, submitted to Justice Thomas.