No. 20-5851

John Christopher Badgett v. United States

Lower Court: Fifth Circuit
Docketed: 2020-09-30
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP Experienced Counsel
Tags: appellate-review circuit-court criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit judicial-discretion sentencing sentencing-review substantive-reasonableness united-states-v-haymond
Latest Conference: 2020-11-06
Question Presented (from Petition)

I. Whether this Court should grant certiorari, vacate the sentence and remand to the Fifth Circuit for reconsideration in light of United States v. Haymond, 139 S. Ct. 2369 (2019)?

II. Whether substantive reasonableness review necessarily encompasses some degree of reweighing the sentencing factors?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether this Court should grant certiorari, vacate the sentence and remand to the Fifth Circuit for reconsideration in light of United States v. Haymond, 139 S. Ct. 2369 (2019)?

Docket Entries

2020-11-09
Petition DENIED.
2020-10-22
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/6/2020.
2020-10-14
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2020-09-25
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due October 30, 2020)

Attorneys

John Christopher Badgett
Christopher A. CurtisFederal Public Defender's Office, Petitioner
United States
Jeffrey B. WallActing Solicitor General, Respondent