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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, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.
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
Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference
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)