No. 23-531

Timothy I. Carpenter v. United States

Lower Court: Sixth Circuit
Docketed: 2023-11-17
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Amici (2) Experienced Counsel
Tags: criminal-procedure drug-offense federal-firearm-offense first-step-act mandatory-minimum mandatory-minimums retroactivity sentencing-reform statutory-interpretation
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Latest Conference: 2024-02-16
Question Presented (from Petition)

Do the sentencing reforms in Section 403 of the First Step Act apply when a district court sentences an individual whose offense was committed before the Act's effective date but whose initial sentence was vacated afterwards?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Do the sentencing reforms in Section 403 of the First Step Act apply when a district court sentences an individual whose offense was committed before the Act's effective date but whose initial sentence was vacated afterwards?

Docket Entries

2024-02-20
Petition DENIED.
2024-02-02
Letter from counsel for petitioner calling the Court's attention to a recent Fifth Circuit decision filed.(Distributed)
2024-01-31
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/16/2024.
2024-01-31
2024-01-26
Letter from the Solicitor General filed.
2024-01-17
Brief of respondent United States in opposition filed.
2023-12-18
2023-12-18
Brief amicus curiae of National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers filed.
2023-12-13
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including January 17, 2024.
2023-12-12
Motion to extend the time to file a response from December 18, 2023 to January 17, 2024, submitted to The Clerk.
2023-11-15
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due December 18, 2023)

Attorneys

American Civil Liberties Union, American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan, Cato Institute, and Due Process Institute
Emma Anamaria AnderssonAmerican Civil Liberties Union, Amicus
National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
Kevin James PoloncarzCovington & Burling LLP, Amicus
Timothy Carpenter
Jeffrey L. FisherStanford Supreme Court Litigation Clinic, Petitioner
United States
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent