No. 19-7978October Term 2019Decided May 4, 2020
Delgado v. United States
Delgado v.
Case status
- Current stage
- Decided
- Latest event
- Decision released May 4, 2020
- What it's about
Delgado v. United States is a case appealed from the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. The petitioner sought to proceed in forma pauperis while asking the Supreme Court to review the lower court's decision.
Question presented
1. Was it unconstitutionally vague to ask Petitioner in a security clearance questionnaire to name the foreign nationals with whom Petitioner had a close and continuing relationship bonded by affection, influence, common interests and obligations without further defining those terms? 2. Witte v. United States, 515 U.S. 389, 115 S. Ct. 2199 (1995), and United States v. Watts, 519 U.S. 148, 117 S. Ct. 633 (1997), allow district courts to punish defendants for uncharged conduct that aggravates the manner of commission of the offense of conviction; do they allow a district court to aggravate the sentence even when the prior criminal conduct has nothing to do with the manner of the commission of the instant offense?
- Case path
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit / Decision released May 4, 2020
- Area
Decided Supreme Court case
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- Primary-source trail available.
- Note
- Plain-English explainer. Official filings and opinions remain authoritative.
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- Apr 1, 2026
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