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Ruben Andre Garcia v. United States
IFP petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, No. 24-4702 · judgment October 24, 2025
Question presented
Under Chavez-Meza v. United States, 585 U.S. 109 (2018), can a district court ignore a party’s post-sentencing rehabilitation when deciding a sentence reduction motion under § 3582(c), as the Sixth and Eleventh Circuits have held, or must the court respond, as the Fourth and Fifth Circuits have held? prefix
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Isabelle Argueta
Federal Defenders of San Diego
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
Order
Order list, October 5, 2026 · Certiorari denied
Proceedings
- Oct 05 2026Petition DENIED.
- Jul 16 2026DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/28/2026.
- Jul 08 2026Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
- Jun 17 2026Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due July 24, 2026)