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No. 19-7978October Term 2019Decided May 4, 2020

Docket 19-7978October Term 2019 (2019–2020)

Delgado v. United States

Delgado v.

Case status

Current stage
Decided
Latest event
Decision released May 4, 2020
Case Accepted
Arguments
Decision ReleasedMay 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

Grounding

Grounding
Primary-source trail available.
Note
Plain-English explainer. Official filings and opinions remain authoritative.
Checked
Apr 1, 2026
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