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Gerardo Perez-Checa v. United States
IFP petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, No. 25-11003 · judgment April 21, 2026
Question presented
I. Whether, after Holguin-Hernandez v. United States, 589 U.S. 169, 174-75 (2020), a criminal defendant may advance a preserved procedural-reasonableness challenge on appeal when the district court fails to reference or address substantial arguments for a sentence outside the range suggested by the Guidelines Manual even if the defendant did not lodge an afterthe-fact objection to the district court’s failure to do so?
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Quincy Hope Ferrill
Federal Public Defender 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
Order
Order list, October 5, 2026 · Certiorari denied
Proceedings
- Oct 05 2026Petition DENIED.
- Aug 13 2026DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/28/2026.
- Aug 07 2026Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
- Jul 20 2026Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due August 24, 2026)