No. 21-5297

Kurzie Lee Curtis v. David Shinn, Director, Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Reentry, et al.

Lower Court: Ninth Circuit
Docketed: 2021-08-04
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: 8th-amendment bureau-of-prisons civil-rights compassionate-release due-process first-step-act
Latest Conference: 2021-10-08
Question Presented (from Petition)

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F.2d 422,425 (4th C2.1992)

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C:2.1969).

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Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Bureau of Prisons' policy of denying compassionate release to inmates who have not served at least 50% of their sentence violates the First Step Act, the Eighth Amendment, and the Due Process Clause

Docket Entries

2021-10-12
Petition DENIED.
2021-09-16
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/8/2021.
2021-07-26
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due September 3, 2021)

Attorneys

Kurzie Lee Curtis
Kurzie Lee Curtis — Petitioner