No. 19-8890

Richard Antonio Hodge, Jr. v. United States

Lower Court: Third Circuit
Docketed: 2020-07-02
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: criminal-law criminal-sentencing first-step-act resentencing retroactivity rule-of-lenity sentence-enhancement sentencing-provisions statutory-interpretation
Key Terms:
SocialSecurity Securities Immigration
Latest Conference: 2020-09-29
Question Presented (from Petition)

Whether the ameliorative sentencing provisions of the First Step Act apply to defendants who were initially sentenced pre-First Step Act, but whose sentences have been reversed and remanded for resentencing post-First Step Act?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the ameliorative sentencing provisions of the First Step Act apply to defendants who were initially sentenced pre-First Step Act, but whose sentences have been reversed and remanded for resentencing post-First Step Act?

Docket Entries

2020-10-05
Petition DENIED.
2020-07-16
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2020.
2020-07-09
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2020-06-25
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due August 3, 2020)

Attorneys

Richard Antonio Hodge
Matthew A. CampbellFederal Public Defender, District of the Virgin Islands, Petitioner
United States
Jeffrey B. WallActing Solicitor General, Respondent