No. 21-7600

Christopher Hibshman v. United States

Lower Court: Seventh Circuit
Docketed: 2022-04-12
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: 18-USC-3583 18-USC-3583(e) criminal-conduct criminal-sentencing reasonableness-review sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation statutory-standards supervised-release
Latest Conference: 2022-05-26
Question Presented (from Petition)

1. For violation of supervised release is the imposition of a 24 month sentence consecutive to a 2 year Indiana prison term unreasonable and at odds with considerations required by 18 USC §3583(e) when the Sentencing Guidelines recommend a 7-13 month sentence, no new criminal conduct was found, and the statutory standards for revocation did not include punishment for the violation.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the imposition of a 24-month sentence consecutive to a 2-year Indiana prison term for violation of supervised release is unreasonable and at odds with the considerations required by 18-USC-3583(e), when the Sentencing Guidelines recommend a 7-13 month sentence, no new criminal conduct was found, and the statutory standards for revocation did not include punishment for the violation

Docket Entries

2022-05-31
Petition DENIED.
2022-05-11
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/26/2022.
2022-05-05
Waiver of right of respondent United States of America to respond filed.
2022-04-08
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due May 12, 2022)

Attorneys

Christopher Hibshman
William J StevensWilliam J Stevens, Petitioner
United States of America
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent