No. 23A599

William Phillip Neidinger v. United States

Lower Court: Ninth Circuit
Docketed: 2024-01-02
Status: Presumed Complete
Type: A
Tags: cruel-and-unusual due-process eighth-amendment federal-sentencing identity-preservation judicial-discretion
Latest Conference: N/A
Question Presented (from Petition)

Question not identified.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Eighth Amendment prohibits imposing a federal prison sentence that effectively destroys a defendant's identity and constitutes cruel and unusual punishment

Docket Entries

2024-01-03
Application (23A599) denied by Justice Kagan.
2023-12-26
Supplemental Brief filed.
2023-12-20
Application (23A599) for a stay, submitted to Justice Kagan.

Attorneys

United
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent
William Neidinger
William Phillip Neidinger — Petitioner