No. 21-8232
Stephon Ellis v. United States
Tags: criminal-sentencing eighth-amendment judicial-discretion mitigating-factors mitigation-factors proportionality proportionality-principle sentencing-guidelines traumatic-background traumatic-childhood
Latest Conference:
2022-09-28
Question Presented (from Petition)
Whether the 90-month sentence imposed on Mr. Ellis was "greater than
necessary" considering his extraordinarily traumatic childhood.
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether the 90-month sentence imposed on Mr. Ellis was 'greater than necessary' considering his extraordinarily traumatic childhood
Docket Entries
2022-10-03
Petition DENIED.
2022-07-14
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/28/2022.
2022-07-06
Waiver of right of respondent United States of America to respond filed.
2022-06-21
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due July 25, 2022)
Attorneys
Stephon Ellis
Eric Joseph Brignac — Office of the Federal Public Defender, Petitioner
United States of America
Elizabeth B. Prelogar — Solicitor General, Respondent