No. 21-7219

Lorenzo Suttles v. United States

Lower Court: Sixth Circuit
Docketed: 2022-02-28
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: 18-usc-3582 compassionate-release criminal-justice-reform criminal-procedure federal-courts first-step-act miscarriage-of-justice sentencing-reduction sentencing-reform statutory-interpretation
Key Terms:
SocialSecurity Securities Immigration
Latest Conference: 2022-03-25
Question Presented (from Petition)

I. Whether a pre-FSA (First Step Act) defendant's circumstances, changed
by Congress's clarification of §924(c), and the resultant disparity
thereof, alone or in combination with other factors, may,constitute
extraordinary and compelling reasons for compassionate release/reduc
tion of sentence pursuant to 18 U.S.C. §3582 (c)(1)(A)(i)?

II. Whether a federal court of appeals' failure to stay and/or recall
it's mandate for reconsideration amounts to a miscarriage of justice,
when a subsequent decision of the court rendered it's previous deci
sion demonstrably wrong, and the court 's subsequent decision direct
ly Conflicts with it's previous decision affirming a district court's
order against a defendant?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a pre-FSA defendant's circumstances changed by Congress's clarification of §924(c) may constitute extraordinary and compelling reasons for compassionate release

Docket Entries

2022-03-28
Petition DENIED.
2022-03-10
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/25/2022.
2022-03-02
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2022-01-31
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due March 30, 2022)

Attorneys

Lorenzo Suttles
Lorenzo Suttles — Petitioner
United States
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent