No. 21-6861

Piyarath S. Kayarath v. United States

Lower Court: Tenth Circuit
Docketed: 2022-01-14
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: adolescent-brain compassionate-release extraordinary-circumstances mandatory-life-sentence mandatory-minimums neuroscience neuroscience-evidence procedural-error section-3553 section-3582 sentencing-guidelines sentencing-reform
Latest Conference: 2022-02-18
Question Presented (from Petition)

Whether Booker's invalidation of the mandatory sentencing regime, and post-Booker neuroscience facts about the adolescent brain constitutes extraordinary and compelling reasons to reduce a pre-Booker mandatory life sentence.

Whether lower courts failure to consider defendant's age from neuroscientific perspective in his Section 3582 (c) (1) (A) motion, and failure to adequately consider other pertinent § 3553 (a) factors constitutes procedural error under Gall v. United States.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether Booker's invalidation of the mandatory sentencing regime, and post-Booker neuroscience facts about the adolescent brain constitutes extraordinary and compelling reasons to reduce a pre-Booker mandatory life sentence

Docket Entries

2022-02-22
Petition DENIED.
2022-01-27
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/18/2022.
2022-01-24
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2022-01-04
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due February 14, 2022)

Attorneys

Piyarath Kayarath
Piyarath S. Kayarath — Petitioner
United States
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent