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Martin Gutierrez-Barba v. United States
IFP petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, No. 21-10232 · judgment May 23, 2025
Certiorari denied · March 2, 2026
Question presented
Is urging a sentence recommendation lower than is ultimately imposed and grounding that recommendation in the 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a) factors, sufficient to preserve a claim of procedural error?
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Jami Johnson
Federal Public Defenders Office
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
Linked docket
25A526
Order
Order list, March 2, 2026 · Certiorari denied
Proceedings
- Mar 02 2026Petition DENIED.
- Feb 12 2026DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/27/2026.
- Feb 09 2026Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
- Jan 30 2026Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due March 5, 2026)
- Nov 06 2025Application (25A526) granted by Justice Kagan extending the time to file until February 1, 2026.
- Nov 04 2025Application (25A526) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from December 3, 2025 to February 1, 2026, submitted to Justice Kagan.