No. 18-8985
Michael Johnson v. United States
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: appellate-review circuit-split eighth-circuit extraordinary-circumstances extraordinary-variance gall-v-united-states judicial-discretion major-departure minor-departure sentencing-guidelines sentencing-guidelines-review sentencing-variances standard-of-review
Latest Conference:
2019-05-23
Question Presented (from Petition)
Whether the Eighth Circuit's test that "extraordinary variances do not require extraordinary circumstances" conflicts with this Court's mandate "that a major departure [from the Guidelines] should be supported by a more significant justification than a minor one" in Gall v. United States, 552 U.S. 38 (2007).
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether the Eighth Circuit's test that 'extraordinary variances do not require extraordinary circumstances' conflicts with this Court's mandate 'that a major departure [from the Guidelines] should be supported by a more significant justification than a minor one' in Gall v. United States, 552 U.S. 38 (2007)
Docket Entries
2019-05-28
Petition DENIED.
2019-05-08
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/23/2019.
2019-05-03
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2019-04-23
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due May 28, 2019)
Attorneys
Michael Johnson
Dan Goldberg — Federal Public Defender Office, Petitioner
United States
Noel J. Francisco — Solicitor General, Respondent