No. 20-6298

Carlton Butler v. United States

Lower Court: Eleventh Circuit
Docketed: 2020-11-12
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process federal-jurisdiction habeas-corpus sentencing
Latest Conference: 2021-01-08
Question Presented (from Petition)

Does Fed.R. Crim. P. Rule 35(c)(4) provide the District Court with authority to increase a defendant's otherwise lawful sentence previously imposed on Count Two as part of an effort to correct an illegal sentence on Count One.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Does the SCOTUS have authority to release a federal inmate's lawful sentence imposed on him as part of a criminal conviction?

Docket Entries

2021-01-11
Petition DENIED.
2020-12-03
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/8/2021.
2020-11-30
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2020-08-17
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due December 14, 2020)

Attorneys

Carlton Butler
Carlton Butler — Petitioner
United States
Jeffrey B. WallActing Solicitor General, Respondent