Villarreal-Garcia v. United States

Petition granted, judgment vacated and case remanded for further consideration in light of Rosales-Mireles v. United States on June 28, 2018.

Docket No.	Op. Below	Argument	Opinion	Vote	Author	Term
16-9587	5th Cir.	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	OT 2017

Issue: Whether the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit permissibly exercised its discretion in determining that errors in the calculation of the petitioner"s advisory Sentencing Guidelines range did not warrant relief on plain-error review because they did not seriously affect the fairness, integrity or public reputation of judicial proceedings.

Date	Proceedings and Orders (key to color coding)
06/13/2017	Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due July 17, 2017)
07/12/2017	Order extending time to file response to petition to and including August 16, 2017.
08/16/2017	Brief of respondent United States in opposition filed.
08/23/2017	Reply of petitioner Aureliano Villarreal-Garcia filed.
08/31/2017	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/25/2017.
06/18/2018	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/21/2018.
06/27/2018	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/27/2018.
06/28/2018	Motion to proceed in forma pauperis and petition for a writ of certiorari GRANTED. Judgment VACATED and case REMANDED for further consideration in light of Rosales-Mireles v. United States, 585 U. S. ____ (2018), and for consideration of the question whether the case is moot.
07/30/2018	JUDGMENT ISSUED.