No. 23-5189

Tyree Steele v. United States

Lower Court: Third Circuit
Docketed: 2023-07-25
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: criminal-sentencing due-process federal-courts imprisonment judicial-discretion rehabilitation rehabilitative-purpose sentencing-reform-act statutory-interpretation
Latest Conference: 2023-09-26
Question Presented (from Petition)

Whether a district court violates the Sentencing Reform Act's ban on imprisonment as a rehabilitative measure when, as here, the court explains it is imposing a "lengthy" prison term so that the defendant will "get rid of drugs" and "learn ... to follow rules and regulations."

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a district court violates the Sentencing Reform Act's ban on imprisonment as a rehabilitative measure

Docket Entries

2023-10-02
Petition DENIED.
2023-08-03
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/26/2023.
2023-07-31
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2023-07-21
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due August 24, 2023)
2023-06-15
Application (22A1089) granted by Justice Alito extending the time to file until July 21, 2023.
2023-06-08
Application (22A1089) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from June 21, 2023 to July 21, 2023, submitted to Justice Alito.

Attorneys

Tyree Steele
Keith M. DonoghueFederal Community Defender Office for the EDPA, Petitioner
United States
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent