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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


Pending

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

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Aug 13 2026
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/28/2026.
  2. Aug 07 2026
    Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
  3. Jul 20 2026
    Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due August 24, 2026)