No. 21-7340

Joseph Louis Hall v. United States

Lower Court: Fourth Circuit
Docketed: 2022-03-11
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: civil-procedure constitutional-challenge criminal-law due-process judicial-review legislative-intent patent sentencing standing state-court-procedure statutory-interpretation
Latest Conference: 2022-04-14
Question Presented (from Petition)

1. WHETHER A DISTRICT COURT CAN RELY SOLELY ON A DEFENDANT'S ORIGINAL SENTENCING FACTORS SET FORTH IN 18 U.S.C.3553(A) AND WHETHER A DEFENDANT'S POST-CONVICTION RECORD MUST BE CONSIDERED AS A WHOLE WHEN DENYING A DEFENDANT'S COMPASSIONATE RELEASE MOTION?

2. WHETHER THE DISTRICT COURT OR THE FEDERAL BUREAU OF PRISONS HAS THE AUTHORITY TO DETERMINE DANGER TO THE COMMUNITY PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C.3553(A) AND 18 U.S.C.3142 AND SHOULD BE USED AS A STANDALONE FACTOR IN DENYING A DEFENDANT'S COMPASSIONATE RELEASE MOTION?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a petitioner's false carrier letter must be considered as the ultimate basis of a defendant's commission of a crime under 35 U.S.C. 35530

Docket Entries

2022-04-18
Petition DENIED.
2022-03-24
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/14/2022.
2022-03-22
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2022-02-23
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due April 11, 2022)

Attorneys

Joseph Louis Hall
Joseph Louis Hall — Petitioner
United States
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent