No. 20-7215
Sunni Askari Newell v. United States
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: circuit-split criminal-law criminal-sentencing due-process eighth-amendment eighth-circuit federal-sentencing firearms firearms-possession sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation
Latest Conference:
2021-03-19
Question Presented (from Petition)
WHETHER THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT HAS MISCONSTRUED
U.S.S.G. § 2K2.1(b)(6)(B), CONTRARY TO EVERY OTHER
CIRCUIT, RESULTING IN DEFENDANTS CONVICTED OF
FIREARMS POSSESSION OFFENSES IN THE NORTHERN
AND SOUTHERN DISTRICTS OF IOWA RECEIVING
LONGER SENTENCES THAN ANYWHERE ELSE IN THE
COUNTRY?
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether the Eighth Circuit has misconstrued U.S.S.G. § 2K2.1(b)(6)(B), contrary to every other circuit, resulting in defendants convicted of firearms possession offenses in the Northern and Southern Districts of Iowa receiving longer sentences than anywhere else in the country?
Docket Entries
2021-03-22
Petition DENIED.
2021-03-04
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/19/2021.
2021-02-26
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2021-02-16
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due March 25, 2021)
Attorneys
Sunni Askari Newell
Webb L Wassmer — Wassmer Law Office, PLC, Petitioner
United States
Elizabeth B. Prelogar — Acting Solicitor General, Respondent