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Javier Perez v. United States
IFP petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, No. 23-1993 · judgment March 7, 2025
Certiorari denied · October 6, 2025
Question presented
Should application of the four-level sentencing enhancement for “permanent or life-threatening bodily injury” under U.S.S.G. § 2A2.1(b)(1)(A) require affirmative proof that the injury was permanent or life-threatening, or should lower courts continue to draw their own conclusions about the dangerousness of a particular injury, even if that practice results in wildly inconsistent applications of the enhancement?
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Elizabeth Richardson-Royer
For respondent
D. John Sauer
Solicitor General
Case
Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference
Proceedings
- Oct 06 2025Petition DENIED.
- Sep 11 2025DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2025.
- Sep 05 2025Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
- Aug 18 2025Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due September 22, 2025)