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Juan Gonzalez-Lopez v. United States
IFP petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, No. 25-2536 · judgment March 26, 2026
Question presented
Whether the right to be sentenced based on accurate information that the Court recognized in Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure Rule 32(i)(1)(C) and Townsend v. Burke, 334 U.S. 736 (1948), is limited to uncounseled defendants and errors about the defendant’s own criminal histories or applies to any assumption or fact cited as a basis of a sentence without giving the defendant a chance to object. prefix
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Zandra Lopez
Federal Defenders of San Diego, Inc.
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 13, 2026 · Certiorari denied
Proceedings
- Oct 13 2026Petition DENIED.
- Sep 24 2026DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/9/2026.
- Sep 22 2026Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
- Sep 02 2026Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due October 15, 2026)