| 25-6134 |
Rodrick Johnson v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2025-11-17 |
Pending |
IFP |
18-usc-3553 circuit-precedent fugitive-tolling sentencing-variance supervised-release supreme-court-rule-10 |
(1) Should this Court summarily vacate Petitioner's judgment in light of Esteras v. United States, 666 U.S. 185 (2025), because the district court bas… |
| 24A1060 |
Martin Castillo-Quinones v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2025-05-02 |
Presumed Complete |
|
18-USC-3553 appellate-review criminal-procedure district-court-error sentencing-guidelines sentencing-requirements |
Question not identified. |
| 23-7804 |
Juan Jesus Vargas v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-06-25 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3553 circuit-split criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing district-court-procedure judicial-discretion open-court-statement reasonableness-review sentencing sentencing-requirements statutory-interpretation |
1) Must district courts comply with the requirements of 18 U.S.C. § 3553(c) to state, in open court, the reasons for the sentence imposed?
2) Should … |
| 23-7483 |
Edgardo Esteras v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2024-05-15 |
Judgment Issued |
Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (4)IFP |
18-usc-3553 18-usc-3583 circuit-split criminal-procedure judicial-discretion sentencing sentencing-factors statutory-interpretation supervised-release |
Even though Congress excluded section 3553(a)(2)(A) from section 3583(e)'s list of factors to consider when revoking supervised release, may a distric… |
| 23-7431 |
Avery Lans v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2024-05-09 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3553 abuse-of-discretion circuit-court-review criminal-sentencing federal-sentencing gall-v-united-states procedural-reasonableness sentencing-guidelines substantive-reasonableness |
QUESTON NUMBER ONE:
Did the Eleventh Circuit abused its discretion by the affirmance of
Petitioner's 240-month federal sentence when the district cou… |
| 23-6169 |
Juan Carlos Soto v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2023-12-06 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-USC-3553 appeal appellate-review criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process federal-sentencing ninth-circuit-court remand sentencing sentencing-guidelines |
A. Selective Remand
Petitioner asks: Why does the 4th Circuit Court of appeals Remand (Almost Cases Where Not all of the appellant's Non-Frivolous Pa… |
| 23-5148 |
Bernard Edmond v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2023-07-20 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3553 circuit-split compassionate-release criminal-sentencing extraordinary-and-compelling-factors first-step-act resentencing retroactive-application sentencing-disparity |
WHETHER THIS COURT SHOULD GRANT THIS APPLICATION FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI AND RESOLVE A SPLIT BETWEEN THE FEDERAL CIRCUIT COURTS AND APPLY RETROACTIVELY… |
| 22-7567 |
Enrique Infante, Jr. v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2023-05-16 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3553 18-usc-3582 compassionate-release extraordinary-and-compelling extraordinary-compelling-reasons judicial-discretion medical-care sentencing sentencing-factors statutory-interpretation |
(1) Whether inadequate medical care for a treatable illness
is a categorically insufficient basis to qualify as an
extraordinary and compelling reason… |
| 22-783 |
Victor J. Orena v. United States |
Second Circuit |
2023-02-17 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
18-usc-3553 18-usc-3582 concepcion-v-united-states district-court-authority extraordinary-and-compelling-circumstances extraordinary-circumstances first-step-act sentence-reduction sentencing sentencing-discretion statutory-interpretation |
In Concepcion v. United States, — U.S. -, 142 S. Ct. 2389, 2404 213 L. Ed. 2d 731 (June 27, 2022), this Court held that the First Step Act "allows dis… |
| 22-6718 |
Justin Stabler v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-02-07 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3553 abuse-of-discretion alcohol-consumption criminal-sentencing electronic-searches section-3553a sentencing-guidelines sentencing-reasonableness substantive-reasonableness supervised-release |
1) Whether the 120-month sentence ordered by the district court is substantively unreasonable because, among other reasons, the Guidelines sentencing … |
| 22-6429 |
Robert McKenna v. United States |
First Circuit |
2022-12-30 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3553 18-usc-3553a appellate-review criminal-history district-court-discretion due-process public-safety sentencing sentencing-factors sentencing-reasonableness |
I. Whether it was procedurally and substantively reasonable for the
sentencing court to a) recite statutory sentencing rationale by rote
recitation wi… |
| 22-5998 |
Jeffrey Wingate v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2022-11-07 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
18-usc-3553 bureau-of-prisons criminal-procedure due-process mitigating-evidence rule-35 rule-35-resentencing sentencing sentencing-factors |
1) Whether due process is violated when, in the event a defendant
submits mitigating evidence in a rule 35 (b) resentencing that has a
connection to… |
| 21-8093 |
Albert Aiad-Toss v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2022-06-08 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3553 18-USC-3553a abuse-of-discretion criminal-procedure district-court-discretion procedural-reasonableness reasonableness sentencing sentencing-guidelines substantive-reasonableness supervised-release |
Whether Mr. Aiad-Toss's lifetime supervised release term was procedurally unreasonable because the district court failed to adequately explain its dec… |
| 21-7951 |
Omar Sierre Folk v. United States |
Third Circuit |
2022-05-24 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3553 18-usc-3582 3582-motion community-safety compassionate-release criminal-sentencing danger-to-community district-court due-process sentence-reduction sentencing-factors third-circuit |
Whether the Third Circuit or District Court Erred in Denying Petitioner § 3582(c)(1)(A) Release or Reduction of Sentence Due to Danger To The Communit… |
| 21-7859 |
Brandis Nicole Fish v. United States |
Tenth Circuit |
2022-05-13 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3553 18-usc-3582 compassionate-release district-court-review first-time-offender medical-records non-violent-offender sentence-reduction sentencing-reduction statutory-interpretation ussg-guidelines |
1. ) DID DISTRICT COURT THOROUGHLY REVIEW PETITIONER FISH'S REQUEST FOR " COMPASSIONATE
RELEASE',' PURSUANT TO POLICY USSG 1B1.13?
2. ) DID THE DISTR… |
| 21-7134 |
Anthony Jerome Bell v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2022-02-16 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3553 18-usc-3582 circuit-split compassionate-release district-court-discretion extraordinary-reasons first-step-act intervening-developments legal-developments sentencing sentencing-factors |
In denying a motion for compassionate release under 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(1)(A) for "extraordinary and compelling reasons" after considering the factors… |
| 21-7054 |
Ervin Walker, Jr. v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2022-02-03 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3553 18-usc-3582 abuse-of-discretion compassionate-release criminal-procedure district-court-discretion sentencing-factors sentencing-guidelines sentencing-reduction ussg-1b1.13 |
Whether the District Court abused its discretion when it denied Petitioner's Motion for Compassionate Release under 18 USC § 3582 (c)(1)(A), after it … |
| 21-6144 |
Johnnie Sims v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2021-11-02 |
GVR |
Relisted (2)IFP |
18-usc-3553 18-usc-3553a criminal-sentencing discretionary-review district-court-discretion first-step-act individualized-explanation sentence-reduction sentencing-factors statutory-interpretation |
(1) Are district courts required to consider the sentencing factors listed in 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a) when deciding whether to impose a reduced sentence u… |
| 21-5671 |
Vicente Corona v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2021-09-14 |
Denied |
IFP |
18-usc-3553 18-usc-3582 compassionate-release criminal-sentencing extraordinary-compelling-reasons sentencing-disparities sentencing-reduction sentencing-reform statutory-interpretation |
Whether "Extraordinary and Compelling Reasons" to Reduce a Defendant's Sentence under 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(1)(A)(i) may be based on any Factor a Court … |
| 21-5314 |
Thomas Brantley Jenkins, II v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2021-08-09 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3553 18-usc-3582 compassionate-release criminal-sentencing district-court-review judicial-discretion motion-analysis primary-contentions sentencing-factors statutory-interpretation written-findings |
WHEN RULING ON A MOTION FOR COMPASSIONATE RELEASE UNDER 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(1)(A), DOES A DISTRICT COURT FULLY CONSIDER THE FACTORS SET FORTH IN 18 U.… |
| 21-5011 |
Anthony Farmer v. United States |
First Circuit |
2021-07-06 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3553 abuse-of-discretion criminal-justice criminal-law federal-sentencing judicial-discretion public-confidence racial-disparities racial-disparity sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation |
Whether, under 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a)(6), a district court can or should consider the need to avoid unwarranted racial disparities in sentencing among de… |
| 20-8398 |
Jonathan Jerome Hills v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2021-06-24 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3553 criminal-justice criminal-sentencing due-process equal-protection first-step-act judicial-discretion procedural-opportunity sentencing sentencing-disparity statutory-interpretation |
Whether differences in procedural opportunity arising from the fact that a defendant is statutorily eligible for relief under the First Step Act, such… |
| 20-7138 |
Patrick Begay v. United States |
Tenth Circuit |
2021-02-12 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3553 aggravated-assault criminal-procedure federal-sentencing guidelines judicial-discretion native-american native-american-defendants sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation united-states-sentencing-commission |
In carrying out the mandate of 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a) to impose a sentence that is "sufficient but not greater than necessary on a defendant," may a dist… |
| 20-6702 |
Tomas Moreno-Turrubiates v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2020-12-23 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3553 appellate-review mitigation-arguments plain-error-review procedural-reasonableness procedural-unreasonableness sentence-explanation sentencing sentencing-guidelines substantial-rights |
1. Whether, when a defendant presents nonfrivolous mitigation arguments in favor of a lower sentence, a district court must address those arguments as… |
| 20-6246 |
Adam Joseph Bogema v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-11-06 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3553 advisory-guidelines appellate-review criminal-sentencing mental-illness sentencing-guidelines standard-of-review statutory-interpretation substantive-reasonableness unwarranted-disparity |
Whether this Court should provide some guidance to the appellate courts on the proper evaluation of a within guidelines sentence vis-a-vis 18 U.S.C. §… |
| 20-6180 |
Naquan Reyes v. United States |
Second Circuit |
2020-11-02 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3553 court-of-appeals criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing district-court federal-sentencing procedural-reasonableness procedural-unreasonableness sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation supreme-court |
I. Whether the Court of Appeals erred in rejecting Reyes's contention that the sentence was procedurally unreasonable based on the district court's fa… |
| 19-8680 |
Adrian Zitalpopoca-Hernandez v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-06-11 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3553 circuit-split comparative-sentencing criminal-sentencing federal-sentencing federal-sentencing-guidelines judicial-discretion sentencing-disparities sentencing-disparity statutory-interpretation |
To avoid "unwarranted sentence disparities," does 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a)(6) require federal judges to compare a defendant's sentence to the sentences of … |
| 19-8543 |
Carl L. Burdick v. United States |
Second Circuit |
2020-05-27 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3553 advisory-guidelines criminal-procedure judicial-discretion plea-agreement rita-v-united-states sentencing sentencing-guidelines sentencing-range united-states-v-booker |
Whether the District Court, contrary to precedents of this Court and the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, accorded the advisory … |
| 19-8158 |
Lucas Heindenstrom v. United States |
First Circuit |
2020-04-02 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3553 causation causation-standard fentanyl fentanyl-death harmless-error sentencing-guidelines statutory-sentencing upward-departure |
Is applying the wrong causation standard when upwardly departing under the sentencing guidelines or upwardly varying under the statutory sentencing fa… |
| 19-7851 |
Lenin Martinez-Alvarado v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2020-03-03 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3553 concurrent-sentences criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing district-court downward-departure eleventh-circuit jurisdiction substantive-reasonableness u.s.s.g-§4a1.3 |
I. WHETHER CERTIORARI REVIEW SHOULD BE GRANTED WHERE THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT HELD THAT IT DID NOT HAVE JURISDICTION TO REVIEW THE DISTRICT COURT'S DENIAL… |
| 19-7598 |
Ramon Valencia-Cruz v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-02-07 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3553 appellate-review circuit-split closer-review judicial-review kimbrough-discretion kimbrough-v-united-states policy-disagreement policy-statement sentencing-guidelines |
When conducting "closer review" of a sentencing decision that was based on the district
court's decision to vary from the United States Sentencing Gui… |
| 19-7038 |
Angela Maxine Lee v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-12-20 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3553 18-usc-922 18-usc-924 3553-a-factors 3553a-factors appellate-review criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing district-court-discretion federal-sentencing-guidelines sentencing-guidelines sentencing-reasonableness standard-of-review substantive-reasonableness |
Whether the above-Guidelines 84-month sentence ordered by the district court is substantively unreasonable under the § 3553(a) factors. |
| 19-6948 |
Michael Eugene Spry v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2019-12-16 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-USC-3553 criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process federal-courts federal-jurisdiction federal-sentencing sentencing sentencing-guidelines sentencing-reasonableness supervised-release |
I.
WHETHER
THE
APPELLANT
MICHAEL
EUGENE
SPRY'S
SENTENCE WAS UNREASONABLE AS IT WAS GREATER THAN
NECESSARY AND AS SUCH, FAILS TO COMPLY WITH TITLE 18,
… |
| 19-665 |
John Doe v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-11-25 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2) |
18-usc-3553 18-usc-3553a criminal-procedure district-court district-court-discretion federal-rules-of-criminal-procedure rule-35 rule-35b sentence-reduction sentencing sentencing-factors substantial-assistance |
1. May a district court deny a government's Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 35(b) motion for reduction of sentence based on substantial assistance … |
| 19-5743 |
Michael Dewayne Hegwood v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-08-28 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3553 18-usc-3582 binding-precedent career-offender criminal-procedure criminal-resentencing federal-jurisdiction first-step-act jurisdiction sentencing sentencing-reduction statutory-interpretation |
1. Does the First Step Act authorize a court to "impose" a reduced
sentence in accordance with such statutes as 18 U.S.C. §§ 3553(a) and
3582(a), or d… |
| 19-109 |
Giovanni Montijo-Dominguez v. United States |
Tenth Circuit |
2019-07-25 |
Denied |
Amici (2) |
18-usc-3553 circuit-split criminal-sentencing drug-trafficking fact-finding judicial-discretion jury-findings jury-verdict mandatory-minimum preponderance-of-evidence sentencing-discretion standard-of-proof |
District courts exercise broad discretion at sentencing. They may take into consideration various factors relating to both the offense and the offende… |
| 19-5259 |
Edgar Armand Hernandez-Castillo v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-07-19 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3553 criminal-procedure due-process federal-sentencing judicial-discretion jury-trial sentencing-determination sentencing-guidelines sentencing-guidelines-18-usc-3553 statutory-minimum |
1. Whether district courts may determine without the aid of a jury that a sentence above the
statutory minimum is "not greater than necessary " to ach… |
| 18-9729 |
Odell Lameche Overby v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2019-06-19 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3553 3553(c) appellate-review criminal-procedure district-court-obligation due-process judicial-discretion judicial-reasoning nonfrivolous-arguments sentencing sentencing-guidelines |
Whether the district court fulfilled its obligation under 18 U.S.C. § 3553(c) to announce the reasons for its sentencing decision where the court neve… |
| 18-9563 |
Cody Shane Sorrels v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-06-06 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3553 criminal-procedure due-process federal-courts federal-sentencing judicial-discretion jury-trial sentencing sentencing-determination sentencing-guidelines sentencing-guidelines-18-usc-3553 statutory-interpretation statutory-minimum |
1. Whether district courts may determine without the aid of a jury that a sentence above the
statutory minimum is "not greater than necessary " to ach… |
| 18-9306 |
Shawn Sayer v. United States |
First Circuit |
2019-05-16 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3553 criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing due-process maximum-sentence probation-report procedural-error procedural-reasonableness sentencing sentencing-guidelines substantive-reasonableness upward-variance |
I. Whether the district court erred by imposing a sentence without adequate explanation pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 3553(c), and the length of which sente… |
| 18-9063 |
Tyrone Leonard James v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2019-05-01 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3553 18-usc-3584 18-usc-924c 18-usc-924c3b certificate-of-appealability concurrent-sentences concurrent-sentences,federal-sentencing,state-sent Does the Supreme Court's grant of writ of certiora federal-criminal-procedure federal-sentencing judicial-consideration sentencing-discretion sentencing-factors state-sentencing statutory-interpretation supreme-court-rule-10 third-circuit unrelated-crimes vagueness |
Whether a district court's finding that a state crime and federal crime were unrelated is sufficient, in itself, to satisfy its obligation under 18 U.… |
| 18-8749 |
Marvin Earl Blanks, Jr. v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2019-04-09 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3553 appellate-review criminal-procedure due-process judicial-discretion judicial-reasoning sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation |
Whether the district court fulfilled its obligation under 18 U.S.C. § 3553(c) to announce the reasons for its sentencing decision where the court neve… |
| 18-8632 |
Marcos Lopez-Guzman v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2019-03-29 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3553 18-usc-3582 appellate-review criminal-sentencing judicial-discretion plain-error retroactivity sentencing-guidelines sentencing-guidelines-reduction,18-usc-3582,amendm sentencing-reduction statutory-interpretation |
Whether the United States Court of Appeals committed a clear error denying Appellant's two-level reduction pursuant to § 3582(C)(2) and Amendment 782;… |
| 18-8362 |
Pedro Rodriguez-Cortez v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-03-11 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3553 9th-circuit appellate-review criminal-sentencing federal-sentencing-guidelines immigration-offense sentencing-factors sentencing-guidelines sentencing-reasonableness substantive-reasonableness supervised-release |
Whether a combined 70-month sentence on an immigration offense and the underlying supervised release violation was substantively unreasonable? |
| 18-7918 |
Rutilio Hernandez v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-02-12 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3553 18-usc-3553(a) 18-usc-3553a 18-usc-924 abuse-of-discretion constitutional-law criminal-procedure district-court district-court-discretion sentence-reduction sentencing-error sentencing-guidelines statutory-directive statutory-interpretation substantive-error sufficient-but-not-greater-than-necessary |
I. Whether the District Court Committed substantive error when failed to impose a sentence that was sufficient but not greater than necessary to compl… |
| 18-7666 |
Rowy De Jesus Vasquez v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2019-01-30 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3553 advisory-guidelines criminal-sentencing departure district-court-discretion due-process notice notice-requirement sentencing-departures sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation ussg-1b1.1 ussg-5k2.0 |
Whether the district court must have provided defendant notice for the grounds for a sentence above the range recommended by the advisory guidelines r… |
| 18-7227 |
Antonio Ledon Jones v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2019-01-04 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3553 18-usc-3553a 18-usc-3553a6 due-process eleventh-circuit fifth-amendment judicial-review sentencing sentencing-disparities unwarranted-sentence-disparities |
1. Whether the Eleventh Circuit decided the opinion below based on inaccurate information and thereby betrayed the due process guarantees of the Fifth… |
| 18-7039 |
Alexander Ndaula v. United States |
First Circuit |
2018-12-17 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3553 5th-amendment 6th-amendment burden-of-proof constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidentiary-hearing loss-amount sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation |
The 5th & 6th amendments to the Constitution guarantee fairness in criminal proceedings to the accused. When the verification of a sentence enhancemen… |
| 18-6982 |
Jerry Walden v. United States |
Second Circuit |
2018-12-11 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3553 28-usc-994 career-offender district-court due-process federal-sentencing guideline-application harmless-error johnson-v-united-states molina-martinez molina-martinez-precedent molina-martinez-v-united-states sentencing-guidelines sentencing-guidelines-error |
Whether the petitioner is entitled to resentencing, where due to Guideline application error, the district court incorrectly applied the more severe c… |
| 18-6327 |
Rolando Humphrey v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2018-10-16 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3553 18-usc-3553a criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing due-process federal-sentencing judicial-determination judicial-discretion jury-role jury-trial sentencing-discretion sentencing-guidelines sentencing-guidelines-18-usc-3553 statutory-minimum |
1. Whether district courts may determine without the aid of a jury that a sentence above the statutory minimum is "not greater than necessary" to achi… |
| 18-6237 |
Jacob L. Smith v. United States |
Tenth Circuit |
2018-10-09 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
18-usc-3553 appellate-review circuit-split criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-appeal due-process gall-v-united-states plain-error plain-error-review preservation-of-error sentencing sentencing-variance |
In order to preserve a § 3553(c) challenge to the adequacy of the district court's sentencing explanation, must a party, who is given no opportunity t… |
| 18-6208 |
Nicholas Ryan Hemsher v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2018-10-03 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3553 8th-circuit appellate-review circuit-split co-conspirators criminal-enhancement criminal-procedure sentencing-disparities sentencing-disparities-18-usc-3553-a-6 sentencing-disparity sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation |
1) Whether the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals erred in finding that the statutory direction to avoid unwarranted disparities among defendants, 18 U.S… |
| 18-6157 |
Sealed Appellee v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2018-10-01 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3)IFP |
18-usc-3553 due-process government-appeal individualized-hearing liberty-interest plea-agreement sentencing sentencing-waiver |
Whether, under the rules governing the construction of plea agreements and in light of due process fairness considerations, sentencewaiver provisions … |
| 18-6111 |
Thompson Christopher Kyle Mandrell v. United States |
Tenth Circuit |
2018-09-28 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3553 18-usc-3553a6 appellate-review criminal-procedure federal-sentencing judicial-discretion sentence-disparity sentencing-disparities sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation |
whether the federal sentencing court failed to properly consider and apply § 3553(a)(6), which requires consideration of "the need to avoid unwarrante… |
| 18-5944 |
Rafael Tanco-Pizarro v. United States |
First Circuit |
2018-09-12 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3553 18-usc-3583 criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing discovery due-process revocation revocation-hearing sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation supervised-release title-18-usc |
I.
Whether the punishment factor of the federal sentencing statute, Title 18
U.S.C §3553(a)(2)(A), is a permissible or prohibited factor in sentencing… |
| 18-5699 |
Chuck Wayne Boyd v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2018-08-22 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3553 18-usc-3582 3553-factors 3582-modification criminal-sentencing discretion inmate-progress judicial-discretion post-sentence-history pre-sentence-history sentence-reduction sentencing-guidelines usg-amendment-782 |
When considering a sentence reduction under 18 U.S.C.§ 3582 and U.S.S.G. Amendment 782, does the court abuse it's discretion by not explaining the rea… |
| 18-5615 |
Joel Chavira-Nunez v. United States |
Tenth Circuit |
2018-08-16 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3553 18-usc-3582 appellate-review brady-v-maryland brady-violation criminal-procedure due-process ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel plea-bargaining prosecutorial-misconduct sentencing sentencing-modification tenth-circuit-review |
Reasonable Jurist would find it debatable Whether the District Court Erred When it Ignored Undisputed Facts Establishing that The Prosecution Violated… |
| 18-5554 |
Carlos Troche-Alvarado v. United States |
First Circuit |
2018-08-13 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-U.S.C-3553 18-usc-3553 above-guidelines-sentence adequate-explanation appellate-review criminal-sentencing district-court-discretion erroneous-factual-basis judicial-discretion procedural-reasonableness prosecution-recommended-sentence sentencing-factors sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation |
Whether a sentencing court violates 18 U.S.C. § 3553 when it imposes an above-Guidelines sentence, which also exceeds the prosecution's recommended se… |
| 18-5547 |
Jose Estrada-Corrales v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2018-08-10 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3553 appeal certiorari criminal-procedure due-process federal-appeals remand retroactivity sentencing sentencing-guidelines supreme-court |
Should this Court grant certiorari, vacate the judgment, and remand in light of Chavez-Meza v. United States, __U.S.__, 138 S.Ct. 1959 (June 18, 2018)… |