Calculating victim restitution
Quintanilla v. United States
In brief
- Where it stands
- Petition Pending
Awaiting an order on the petition
- What it’s about
- Quintanilla challenges the Fifth Circuit’s use of an agreement to give up certain appeals (an appeal waiver) to reject his sentencing and $17,500 restitution challenges; he says the government conceded the agreement did not cover restitution.
- What's at stake
- Quintanilla’s request for Supreme Court review remains unresolved; the Court has not agreed to hear or decide his challenges.
Summary: written with AI from the case record.
What it's about
His petition asks the Supreme Court to review whether the appeals court and trial court followed the law.
His petition raises questions about when appeal waivers can block a challenge and what a federal court must assess when ordering restitution.
Question presented
1. Whether a court of appeals may enforce an appeal waiver against a challenge to a sentence without deciding whether enforcement would result in a miscarriage of justice, as Hunter requires. 2. Whether a court of appeals may enforce an appeal waiver against a claim that the Government expressly conceded the waiver does not bar. 3. Whether a district court satisfies 18 U.S.C. § 2259(b)(2) and Paroline v. United States, 572 U.S. 434 (2014), by adopting the restitution amount a victim requests without determining the victim’s losses or the defendant’s relative causal role.
What happens next
The next step is for the Court to decide whether to hear the petition. No oral argument or decision window is set before that step.
Documents
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More questions
- What restitution amount is at issue?
- Quintanilla challenges a $17,500 restitution order.
- What does Quintanilla say the court should have determined about restitution?
- He argues the court should have determined the victim’s losses and his relative role in causing them before setting the amount.
- What does Quintanilla say the government conceded?
- He says the government expressly conceded that the appeal waiver did not bar his restitution claim.
Sources
Primary materials plus reporting. Best-effort analysis: this explainer relies on a mix of primary materials and trusted secondary sources. Official filings and opinions remain authoritative.