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Cesar Edgardo Castillo-Rodriguez v. United States

IFP petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, No. 24-10978 · judgment July 25, 2025


Certiorari denied · December 8, 2025

Question presented

Whether, after Holguin-Hernandez v. United States, 589 U.S. 169 (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? Whether a district court errs in failing to reference or address substantial arguments for a sentence outside the Guideline range?

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Kevin Joel Page
Federal Public Defender's Office - NDTX

For respondent
D. John Sauer
Solicitor General

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Dec 08 2025
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Nov 13 2025
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/5/2025.
  3. Nov 07 2025
    Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
  4. Oct 23 2025
    Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due November 26, 2025)