No. 19-7844

Buck Otto White, aka Timothy Joseph Hoffman v. United States

Lower Court: Eighth Circuit
Docketed: 2020-03-02
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: appeals civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection habeas-corpus sentencing
Latest Conference: 2020-03-27
Question Presented (from Petition)

Was it an abuse of discretion to sentence Buck White when the Statutory Maximum is 10 years or 120 months?

Did the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals abuse its discretion in affirming the first question?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Was the petitioner's 40 sentence back-dated by the district court's works on a woman who was only sentenced to 10 years?

Docket Entries

2020-03-30
Petition DENIED.
2020-03-12
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/27/2020.
2020-03-09
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2019-07-01
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due April 1, 2020)
2019-04-26
Application (18A1105) granted by Justice Gorsuch extending the time to file until July 5, 2019.
2019-04-15
Application (18A1105) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from May 6, 2019 to July 5, 2019, submitted to Justice Gorsuch.

Attorneys

Buck White
Buck Otto White — Petitioner
United States
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent