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Glenn E. Diaz v. United States
Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, No. 23-30751 · judgment January 21, 2025
Before the decision, roughly the 4.1% base rate. The model weighted this up for counsel with five or more prior petitions here and a Fifth Circuit decision below.
Questions presented
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Whether a district court can completely bar defense counsel from cross-examining a key government witness on an issue probative of bias and motive.
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Whether this Court’s decision in Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo, 603 U.S. 369 (2024) implicitly overruled its earlier decision in Stinson v. United States, 508 U.S. 36 (1993), in which the Court held that Commentary in the Sentencing Guidelines is to be considered “authoritative” when interpreting ambiguous guidelines.
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The caption of the case contains the names of all the parties to the proceeding in the court whose judgment is sought to be reviewed.
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Herbert V. Larson Jr.
The Law Offices of Herbert V. Larson, Jr.
For respondent
D. John Sauer
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 6, 2025 · Certiorari denied
Proceedings
- Oct 06 2025Petition DENIED.
- Jul 09 2025DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2025.
- Jul 01 2025Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
- Jun 09 2025Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due July 14, 2025)