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Heriberto Mendez-Lozano v. United States
IFP petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, No. 24-40631 · judgment March 10, 2026
Pending
Question presented
Whether a criminal defendant can waive any challenge to his conviction through his notice of appeal where claims-processing Rule 3(c)(6) describes the procedure for limiting the scope of appeal and the limitation in the notice is not express?
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Cheri Christine Thomas
Lewis Thomas Law PC
For respondent
D. John Sauer
Solicitor General
Case
Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference
Proceedings
- Jul 09 2026DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/28/2026.
- Jul 06 2026Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
- Jun 08 2026Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due July 15, 2026)