| 25-6636 |
Donnie Bryant v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2026-01-21 |
Pending |
IFP |
18-usc-3582 924c-convictions extraordinary-compelling-reasons first-step-act juvenile-sentencing sentence-modification |
1. Should a defendant's juvenile status at the time of the offense qualify as an extraordinary and compelling reason for a modification of a term of i… |
| 25A783 |
Crystal Greenlaw v. United States |
First Circuit |
2026-01-07 |
Application |
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18-usc-3582 compassionate-release district-court-discretion pro-se procedural-due-process sentence-reduction |
Question not identified. |
| 24-1255 |
Malcom Anwar Williams v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2025-06-09 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
18-usc-3582 compassionate-release criminal-history rehabilitation-evidence sentence-reduction sentencing-discretion |
When a federal inmate files a motion for reduction of sentence or compassionate release pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 3582 (c)(1)(A), the district court mus… |
| 24-6784 |
Jose Sanchez Adame v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2025-03-17 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3582 due-process equal-protection guideline-amendment pro-se-petition sentencing-reduction |
1. Whether a district court may point to documents on the record that a defendant has complained of not having recieved as the only iustification for … |
| 24-50 |
Marlo Helmstetter v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-07-17 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
18-usc-3553a 18-usc-3582 compassionate-release concepcion-v-united-states district-court-discretion extraordinary-and-compelling-reasons extraordinary-reasons sentencing-commission sentencing-reduction statutory-interpretation |
Under 18 U.S.C. §3582(c)(1)(A), a defendant who has exhausted his administrative remedies is allowed to file his own motion to reduce his prison sente… |
| 23-7309 |
Jessie Vasquez v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2024-04-26 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3582 3553a-factors abuse-of-discretion concepcion-v-united-states crack-cocaine criminal-sentencing discretionary-review first-step-act sentence-reduction sentencing-factors |
1. The question presented here is whether the District Court abused its discretion or erred when Mr. Vasquez qualified for a sentence reduction, he as… |
| 23-6466 |
Edgar Lerma Flores, aka Carlos Alberto Penuelas Rodriguez, aka Carlos Alberto Pencelas Rodriguez v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2024-01-11 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3582 abuse-of-discretion extraordinary-compelling-reason extraordinary-reason guideline-ranges methamphetamine-disparity methamphetamine-purity sentencing-guidelines sentencing-reduction sixth-circuit |
Can the disparity in Guideline ranges for offenses involving substance containing methamphetamine and those involving a pure methamphetamine be consid… |
| 23-555 |
Louis A. Wilson v. United States |
District of Columbia |
2023-11-22 |
Denied |
|
18-usc-3582 circuit-split concepcion-v-united-states extraordinary-and-compelling-reasons extraordinary-reasons habeas habeas-corpus non-retroactive-law sentencing-commission sentencing-reduction u-s-sentencing-commission |
Under 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(1)(A), can non-retroactive changes in the law constitute "extraordinary and compelling reasons" authorizing a district court… |
| 23-6019 |
Luis Olivares v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2023-11-16 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3582 criminal-sentencing district-court district-court-discretion exceptional-circumstances fair-sentencing-act sentence-modification statutory-interpretation |
WHETHER THE FAIR SENTENCING ACT, 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(1)(A), PERMITS A DISTRICT COURT TO MODIFY MR. OLIVARES UNUSUALLY LONG SENTENCE IN THIS EXCEPTIONA… |
| 23-5951 |
Rodney L. Love v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2023-11-03 |
Denied |
IFP |
18-usc-3582 appellate-review compassionate-release criminal-sentencing extraordinary-and-compelling-reasons extraordinary-reasons federal-law retroactivity sentence-reduction statutory-interpretation |
Whether non-retroactive changes in federal law can serve as "extraordinary and compelling reasons" warranting a sentence reduction under 18 U.S.C. § 3… |
| 23-5909 |
Eric A. Zevely v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2023-10-30 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
18-usc-3582 article-iii-courts constitutional-challenge criminal-procedure federal-court-jurisdiction federal-criminal-conviction judicial-power prosecutorial-misconduct standing subject-matter-jurisdiction |
Question not identified. |
| 23-354 |
Wolfgang Von Vader v. United States |
Seventh Circuit |
2023-10-03 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
18-usc-3582 changes-in-law criminal-sentencing extraordinary-and-compelling-reasons extraordinary-circumstances federal-criminal-law judicial-discretion sentence-modification sentence-reduction sentencing-reduction statutory-interpretation |
Whether courts may consider changes in the law in assessing whether "extraordinary and compelling reasons" warrant a sentence reduction under section … |
| 23-5675 |
Brandon A. House v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2023-09-29 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3582 appellate-court appellate-court-interpretation concepcion-precedent concepcion-v-united-states district-court district-court-discretion extraordinary-and-compelling extraordinary-compelling-reasons section-3582 sentencing-modification |
This Court said in no uncertain terms that a district court, when considering a sentence-modification motion, may consider not only changes in law mad… |
| 23-5669 |
Steven Grimm v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2023-09-29 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3582 2255-petition compassionate-release compassionate-relief district-court federal-prisoner first-amendment habeas-corpus religious-beliefs religious-exemption rluipa section-3582 |
1. Where a federal prisoner's religious beliefs prevented him from getting vaccinated, was it error for the district court to deny his motion for comp… |
| 23-5340 |
Lewis Gilmore Hurst v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-08-11 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3582 appellate-review court-of-appeals criminal-sentencing due-process fifth-circuit judicial-discretion sentencing-errors statutory-interpretation |
1. WHETHER THE COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT MAY PROHIBIT
CONSIDERATION OF SENTENCING ERRORS UNDER 18 USC §3582 (c)(1)(A). |
| 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… |
| 22-7533 |
Terence Crawley v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2023-05-11 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3582 civil-rights compassionate-release criminal-procedure discretionary-relief district-court-discretion due-process first-step-act non-frivolous-arguments sentencing sentencing-relief supreme-court-ruling |
Whether the district court is obligated to consider a defendant's non-frivolous arguments in exercising its discretion to grant relief in a motion for… |
| 22-7367 |
Christopher J. Bailey v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2023-04-25 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3582 abuse-of-discretion concepcion-precedent concepcion-v-united-states criminal-justice-reform criminal-sentencing district-court-discretion first-step-act precedent sentence-reduction sentencing |
WHETHER THE DISTRICT COURT ABUSED ITS DISCRETION
WHEN IT ARBITRARILY IGNORED PRECEDENT FROM ITS OWN
CIRCUIT, AND THE SUPREME COURT, IN DENYING PETIT… |
| 22-7261 |
Susan Elise Prophet v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2023-04-12 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3582 abuse-of-discretion appellate-review compassionate-release criminal-procedure eighth-circuit federal-sentencing judicial-discretion sentence-reduction sentencing statutory-interpretation |
Whether the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit abused its discretion in denying Prophet's Motion for Compassionate Release/Reductio… |
| 22-7210 |
David McCall, Jr. v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2023-04-05 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3582 circuit-split criminal-procedure district-court-discretion extraordinary-compelling-reason sentence-reduction sentencing-law |
Whether a district court may consider the disparity in a sentence when the applicable sentencing law has changed, when the disparity is of a degree wh… |
| 22-7101 |
Charles Eugene Nolden v. United States |
Third Circuit |
2023-03-24 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3582 abuse-of-discretion compassionate-release criminal-justice criminal-sentencing federal-statute sentence-reduction sentencing third-circuit |
Whether the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit abused its discretion in denying Nolden's Motion for Compassionate Release/Reduction … |
| 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… |
| 22-738 |
Robert A. Mangine v. Shannon D. Withers, Warden |
Seventh Circuit |
2023-02-07 |
Denied |
Relisted (2) |
18-usc-3582 career-offender circuit-split habeas-corpus miscarriage-of-justice savings-clause sentence-reduction sentencing-error sentencing-errors statutory-rights |
Whether and under what circumstances relief is available under § 2255(e) for federal prisoners challenging errors in their sentences; and
Whether the… |
| 22-6379 |
Leetavious Gaines v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2022-12-22 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3582 circuit-split compassionate-release defendant-motion district-court-discretion first-step-act policy-statement sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation |
Whether Section 1B1.13 of the United States Sentencing Guidelines is an "applicable" policy statement that binds the district court in considering a d… |
| 22-5894 |
Terrence Gibbs v. United States |
Third Circuit |
2022-10-24 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
18-usc-3582 compassionate-release criminal-justice extraordinary-and-compelling extraordinary-circumstances federal-sentencing-law federal-statute judicial-discretion retroactivity sentence-reduction sentencing sentencing-law |
Whether non-retroactive changes in federal sentencing law, which dramatically altered sentencing exposure for those later sentenced, comprise "extraor… |
| 22-5878 |
William D. King v. United States |
Seventh Circuit |
2022-10-20 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
18-usc-3582 circuit-split extraordinary-and-compelling extraordinary-compelling-reason judicial-decisions judicial-discretion legal-developments sentence-modification statutory-interpretation |
When, whether deciding if a defendant has presented an "extraordinary and
compelling" reason for a sentence modification under 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(1)(… |
| 22-5859 |
Marcal Fraction v. United States |
Third Circuit |
2022-10-18 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
18-usc-3582 circuit-split compassionate-release extraordinary-and-compelling-reasons extraordinary-reasons retroactivity sentencing-law statutory-interpretation |
A court may grant compassionate release and reduce a sentence if, after evaluating the factors in 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a), it finds that extraordinary and… |
| 22-5701 |
Terry Wayne Cope v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2022-09-27 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3582 compassionate-release congress covid-19 criminal-procedure district-court judicial-discretion public-health sentencing |
A. Does the precedent that "a defendant's incarceration during the COVID-19 Pandemic when the defendant has access to the COVID-19 vaccine does not pr… |
| 22-5533 |
Dario Pinson v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2022-09-08 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3582 18-usc-3582c compassionate-release criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus judicial-discretion sentencing |
WHETHER THE DISTRICT COURT'S FAILURE TO PROPERLY CONSIDER THE APPROPRIATE FACTORS PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c) BEFORE DENYING MR. PINSON'S MOTION F… |
| 22-5253 |
Dennis Charles Helmer v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2022-08-02 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3582 circuit-split compassionate-release covid-19 criminal-justice-reform first-step-act medical-care sentencing-discretion sentencing-guidelines |
1.) Whether the District Court erred when it denied relief to Petitioner 18 U.S.C. 3582(c)(1)(A)(i) motion based upon the applicability of 18 U.S.C. 3… |
| 22-5161 |
Antonio M. Taylor v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2022-07-22 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3582 criminal-procedure district-court-discretion extraordinary-and-compelling-reasons extraordinary-circumstances retroactivity sentence-reduction sentencing-law statutory-interpretation |
Whether a district court may consider nonretroactive changes in sentencing law in determining whether a defendant has shown "extraordinary and compell… |
| 22-5143 |
Malia Arciero v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2022-07-20 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3582 abuse-of-discretion appellate-discretion compassionate-release criminal-justice federal-statute judicial-review motion-reconsideration reconsideration sentencing sentencing-modification |
Whether the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit abused its discretion in denying Arciero's Motion for Compassionate Release Under 18 … |
| 21-8082 |
Arthur Houze v. United States |
Third Circuit |
2022-06-07 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3582 circuit-split compassionate-release extraordinary-and-compelling-reasons extraordinary-reasons retroactivity sentencing-law statutory-interpretation |
A court may grant compassionate release and reduce a sentence if, after evaluating the factors in 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a), it finds that extraordinary and… |
| 21-8021 |
Frank W. Coon v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2022-06-01 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3582 abuse-of-discretion compassionate-release criminal-justice district-court-discretion first-step-act sentence-reduction sentencing standard-of-review |
Whether the District Court Abused its Discretion by Denying Mr. Coon's Motion for Compassionate Release? |
| 21-8014 |
Reginald Woods v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2022-06-01 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3582 district-court district-court-discretion first-step-act policy-statement sentence-reduction sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation |
Whether U.S.S.G. § 1B1.13 is an "applicable" policy statement that binds a district court in considering a defendant-filed motion for sentence reducti… |
| 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… |
| 21-7700 |
Ronald Hunter v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2022-04-26 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3582 criminal-sentencing district-court district-court-discretion extraordinary-and-compelling extraordinary-compelling-reasons rehabilitation sentencing-guidelines sentencing-law sentencing-reduction statutory-interpretation |
Under 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(1)(A)(i), a district court may "reduce [a] term of imprisonment" upon "motion of the defendant" if it finds that "extraordin… |
| 21-7460 |
Eric Dean Smith v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2022-03-24 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3582 abuse-of-discretion compassionate-release criminal-procedure due-process sentencing |
1. Did thE CouRts AbUsE it's DiscletiOw AftR Derying Me. SMith COMPASSIONATE RELEASEUNDER IBL. 13 AFER COUR CoNCudEd DEENdANt sAtisfiEd thE ExteoRdiNA… |
| 21-7386 |
Sandchase Cody v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2022-03-16 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3582 compassionate-release district-court district-court-discretion due-process federal-criminal-procedure first-step-act sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation |
Whether Section 1B1.13 of the United States Sentencing Guidelines is an "Applicable" policy statement that binds a district court when considering "ex… |
| 21-1208 |
Eric Andrews v. United States |
Third Circuit |
2022-03-04 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
18-usc-3582 18-usc-924c circuit-split criminal-sentencing district-court-discretion extraordinary-and-compelling-reasons first-step-act section-924(c) sentence-reduction sentencing-reduction statutory-interpretation |
Whether a district court may consider the 2018
amendment to the sentences mandated by 18 U.S.C.
§ 924(c) in determining whether a defendant has
shown … |
| 21-7238 |
Holli Wrice v. United States |
Seventh Circuit |
2022-03-01 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3582 3553(a)-factors compassionate-release congressional-intent criminal-justice-reform criminal-procedure extraordinary-and-compelling extraordinary-circumstances retroactive-sentencing sentencing-reduction sentencing-reform statutory-interpretation |
18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(1)(A)(i) allows district courts to reduce a defendant's sentence, based on a finding of extraordinary and compelling reasons, afte… |
| 21-7219 |
Lorenzo Suttles v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2022-02-28 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3582 compassionate-release criminal-justice-reform criminal-procedure federal-courts first-step-act miscarriage-of-justice sentencing-reduction sentencing-reform statutory-interpretation |
I. Whether a pre-FSA (First Step Act) defendant's circumstances, changed
by Congress's clarification of §924(c), and the resultant disparity
thereof… |
| 21-7136 |
Gregory Nesbitt, aka Spooky v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2022-02-16 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3582 circuit-split compassionate-release district-court first-step-act policy-statement sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation |
Whether Section 1B1.13 of the United States Sentencing Guidelines is an "applicable" policy statement that binds the district court in considering a d… |
| 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 … |
| 21-6687 |
Rory Lee Zirkelbach v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2021-12-21 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3582 career-offender district-court-discretion extraordinary-and-compelling extraordinary-reasons sentence-reduction sentencing-disparity sentencing-error sentencing-guideline statutory-interpretation |
Did the district court err when it imposed an extratextual limitation on its statutory authority to determine what amounts to an "extraordinary and co… |
| 21-6397 |
Viengxay Chantharath, aka OG v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2021-11-23 |
Denied |
IFP |
18-usc-3582 circuit-split extraordinary-and-compelling-reasons extraordinary-reasons first-step-act mandatory-minimum retroactivity sentence-reduction sentencing-law |
Under 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(1)(A)(i), district courts have the authority to reduce a sentence based on "extraordinary and compelling reasons."
In the F… |
| 21-6336 |
Darrin Lashaon Betts v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2021-11-18 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3582 21-usc-841(a)(1)-(b)(1)(a) amendment-782 criminal-procedure fed-r-crim-p-11(c)(1)(c) fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment plea-agreement sentencing-guidelines statutory-law type-c-agreement |
Whether a defendant is eligible for 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c) (1)(2) relief
pursuant Amendment 782 where the district court adopted a Type-C plea agreement
… |
| 21-6335 |
Chi Mak v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2021-11-18 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3582 abuse-of-discretion compassionate-release criminal-procedure judicial-review sentencing sentencing-discretion sentencing-factors statutory-factors statutory-interpretation |
Whether the district court abused its direction and acted unreasonably in denying Mak's motion for compassionate release under 18 U.S.C. §3582(c), by … |
| 21-6068 |
Ronald Tingle v. United States |
Seventh Circuit |
2021-10-25 |
Denied |
IFP |
18-usc-3582 district-court drug-offenses extraordinary-and-compelling-reasons extraordinary-compelling-reasons first-step-act sentence-reduction sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation |
Whether a district judge is categorically prohibited from considering the First
Step Act's amendment to penalties for drug offenses when determining w… |
| 21-6060 |
Ance Payton v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2021-10-22 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3582 compassionate-release covid-19 criminal-procedure district-court federal-criminal-procedure health-conditions motion sentencing |
Whether the district court erred by denying Mr. Payton's Motion for Compassionate Release under 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(1)(A). |
| 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 … |
| 21-5624 |
Ryan Scott Kibble v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2021-09-08 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3582 abuse-of-discretion chronic-health-conditions chronic-health-issues compassionate-release district-court-discretion global-pandemic incarceration pandemic-incarceration sentencing-modification |
Whether a district court abuses its discretion by refusing to grant compassionate relief to defendant under 18 U.S.C. § 3582 (c)(1)(A)(i) where that d… |
| 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.… |
| 21-5104 |
John G. Tomes, Jr. v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2021-07-14 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
18-usc-3582 compassionate-release criminal-justice criminal-procedure due-process extraordinary-circumstances judicial-discretion sentencing-disparities sentencing-guidelines 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 … |
| 20-1807 |
Dontour D. Drakes v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2021-06-28 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2) |
18-usc-3582 18-usc-3582c2 amendment-782 career-offender criminal-sentencing retroactive-amendment sentencing-guidelines substantial-assistance united-states-v-hughes |
1. WHETHER A CAREER OFFENDER WHO PROVIDED SUBSTANTIAL ASSISTANCE WHOSE SENTENCING JUDGE-VARIED FROM THE INITIAL INTRODUCED CAREER OFFENDERS IS THE JUD… |
| 20-8085 |
Michael James Barnes v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2021-05-20 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3582 compassionate-release covid-19 covid-19-pandemic extraordinary-circumstances federal-statute health-conditions prisoner-relief sentencing sentencing-modification |
Whether the district court erred by denying Mr. Barnes' Motion for Compassionate Release under 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(1)(A). |
| 20-7832 |
Chadwick Marvin Thompson v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2021-04-22 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3582 compassionate-release criminal-procedure extraordinary-circumstances federal-sentencing judicial-discretion sentencing sentencing-reduction statutory-interpretation |
What qualifies as 'extraordinary and compelling circumstances under a Motion for Compassionate release, 18 U.S.C. 3582(c)(1)(A)?
(2) Does the lower c… |
| 20-7694 |
Eusebio Escobar de Jesus v. United States |
First Circuit |
2021-04-08 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3582 circuit-split compassionate-release due-process fifth-amendment first-step-act sentencing statutory-interpretation |
1. Whether the First Circuit erred in affirming the denial of Petitioner's Motion for Compassionate Release under the First Step Act, which the Distri… |
| 20-6943 |
Ronald Lewis Coleman, Jr. v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2021-01-26 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3582 circuit-split compassionate-release criminal-sentencing extraordinary-and-compelling-reasons first-step-act mandatory-minimum mandatory-minimum-sentences sentence-reduction sentencing |
Whether the changes in applicable mandatory minimum sentences worked by the First Step Act can provide extraordinary and compelling reasons to support… |
| 20-6095 |
Ray Anthony Chaney v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2020-10-22 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-USC-3582 compassionate-release covid-19 criminal-justice district-court federal-criminal-procedure health-conditions home-confinement motion sentencing |
Whether the district court erred by denying Mr. Chaney's Motion for Compassionate Release under 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(1)(A). |
| 20-5997 |
Zaira Franco v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2020-10-13 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3582 administrative-exhaustion administrative-remedies compassionate-release criminal-justice exhaustion federal-procedure judicial-review sentencing statutory-interpretation |
Whether the district court erred by ruling that exhaustion of administrative remedies is required before a court can consider a motion for compassiona… |
| 20-5857 |
Alimamy Barrie v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2020-10-01 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-USC-3582 criminal-procedure discretion federal-sentencing guidelines judicial-discretion retroactivity sentencing sentencing-amendment statutory-interpretation |
Question not identified. |
| 20-5373 |
Don Nell Hawkins v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2020-08-17 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
16-usc-3582 18-usc-3582 criminal-sentencing first-step-act sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation |
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| 19-7940 |
Luis Fernandez Morales v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2020-03-10 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3582 28-usc-1915 appeals appellate-procedure criminal-appeal criminal-procedure federal-courts in-forma-pauperis merits-determination sentence-modification sentencing statutory-interpretation |
Whether defendant in a federal criminal case is entitled to appeal the district court's judgment denying motion to modify sentence under 18 U.S.C. § 3… |
| 19-7804 |
Ramon F. Flores v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2020-02-27 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3582 appeal criminal-procedure drug-quantity guideline-range guidelines procedural-bar sentence-reduction sentencing sentencing-amendment |
In a sentence reduction application matter pursuant to 1 8
U.S.C. § 3582(c)(2) under Amendment 782,to the Sentencing
Guidelines, if a defendant object… |
| 19-6020 |
Jose Romeu v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2019-09-20 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3582 amendment-599 amendment-782 drug-amount presentence-investigation-report sentence-reduction sentencing-guidelines |
Whether the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals committed error in its affirmance of the District Court's denial of Petitioner Jose Romeu's 18 U.S.C. § … |
| 19-5856 |
Amando Villarreal Heredia v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-09-06 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3582 18-usc-3582c2 drug-quantity fed-r-crim-p-11 federal-criminal-procedure federal-rules-of-criminal-procedure guidelines-range modification-proceeding plea-agreement sentence-recalculation sentencing-guidelines sentencing-modification |
QUESTION #1: In a " Modification Proceeding pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(2)," as to a retroactively applicable amendment
to the U.S. Sentencing Gu… |
| 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… |
| 19-5223 |
Bobby Minnis v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2019-07-19 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3582 criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process ex-parte-communication ex-parte-communications federal-sentencing judicial-discretion sentencing-modification state-sentencing |
Whether a federal district judge can make the internally contradictory oral pronouncement that a federal sentence is to be served concurrent with one … |
| 18-9735 |
Carlton Darden v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2019-06-19 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3582 criminal-sentencing dillion-v-united-states district-court-authority due-process evidence judicial-discretion judicial-review new-evidence offense-conduct sentencing-guidelines sentencing-modification statutory-interpretation united-states-sentencing-guidelines united-states-v-adams ussg-1b1.10 |
Does 18 USC 3582(c)(2) after Dillion give a district corut authority to make additional finding as to offense conduct attributable to a defendant base… |
| 18-8821 |
Sealed Appellant v. Sealed Appellee |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-04-15 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
18-usc-3582 18-usc-3582c2 5k1.1-motion criminal-sentencing judicial-discretion koons-v-united-states mandatory-minimum sentence-reduction sentencing-commission sentencing-guidelines substantial-assistance |
Can a defendant receive a 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(2) sentence reduction when the district court discarded the mandatory minimum because of a substantial-a… |
| 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;… |
| 18-8395 |
Janet Sonja Schonewolf v. United States |
Third Circuit |
2019-03-14 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3582 circuit-split criminal-sentencing prison-sentence prison-term rehabilitation sentencing-discretion sentencing-reform-act statutory-interpretation tapia-v-united-states |
The Sentencing Reform Act requires courts to "recogniz[e] that imprisonment is not an appropriate means of promoting correction and rehabilitation." 1… |
| 18-8192 |
James Anthony Barnett, Jr. v. Alamance County Sheriff Office Detention Center, et al. |
Fourth Circuit |
2019-02-28 |
Denied |
IFP |
18-usc-3582 access-to-courts administrative-law civil-rights compassionate-release due-process federal-courts first-amendment prison-conditions standing |
Question not identified. |
| 18-8095 |
Enrique Gamino-Perez v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-02-22 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3582 compassionate-release criminal-justice criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing federal-sentencing-guidelines retroactive-application retroactivity sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation |
WHETHER A CLARIFYING AMENDMENT UNDER UNITED STATES SENTENCING GUIDELINES SHOULD APPLY RETROACTIVELY UNDER 18 USCS 3582(C) |
| 18-7511 |
Edwin J. Ortiz-Fagot v. United States |
First Circuit |
2019-01-24 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3582 criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-3582-c-2 criminal-statute due-process non-delegation retroactive-application sentencing sentencing-guidelines sentencing-modification statutory-interpretation |
Does the sentencing court's discretion of setting modification via 3553(A); include deciding whether to retroactively apply the plain language of the … |
| 18-7557 |
Terveus Hyppolite v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2019-01-24 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3582 career-offender constitutional-challenge criminal-sentencing due-process rule-of-lenity sentencing-commission sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation |
Whether Title 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(2) is unconstitutional in light of Beckles v. United States, 137 S. Ct. 886, 895 (2017)(holding the guidelines are u… |
| 18-7454 |
Tyshaun St. Vallier v. United States |
Third Circuit |
2019-01-16 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3582 18-usc-3582(c)(2) constitutional-statutory-provisions district-court district-court-discretion lodestone lodestone-principle sentence-reduction sentence-reductions sentencing sentencing-decisions sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation third-circuit |
Are district courts required to maintain the Sentencing Guidelines as
the lodestone of the sentencing decision when ruling on motions for
sentence red… |
| 18-7348 |
Edgar Arnold Garcia v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2019-01-10 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3582 18-USC-3582c2 criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing dillon-v-united-states district-court-discretion due-process legal-error sentence-modification sentencing sentencing-guidelines sentencing-methodology statutory-interpretation statutory-maximum |
WHETHER, DILLON v. UNITED STATES, 560 U.S. 817 (2010), REQUIRES A DISTRICT COURT TO REEVALUATE ITS ORIGINAL SENTENCING METHODOLOGY IN STEP TWO OF THE … |
| 18-7249 |
John Doe v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-01-07 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
18-usc-3582 circuit-court-review criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing dillon-v-united-states federal-criminal-procedure federal-sentencing-guidelines judicial-discretion resentencing sentencing sentencing-modification statutory-interpretation |
Whether the holding in Dillon v. United States, 560 U. S. 817 (2010) applies to 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(1)(B) in the same manner it applies to 18 U.S.C. §… |
| 18-6498 |
Gildardo Majalca-Aguilar v. United States |
Tenth Circuit |
2018-10-30 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3582 amendment-782 criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing district-court-discretion drug-conspiracy drug-quantity due-process equal-protection sentence-reduction sentencing-disparity sentencing-guidelines |
The United States District Court of New Mexico denied the motion for reduction the sentence, Amendment 782 §3582(c)(2) spite the quantity of drugs inv… |
| 18-6319 |
William Shane Reid v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2018-10-15 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
18-usc-3582 appellate-jurisdiction circuit-split criminal-sentencing discretionary-denial discretionary-review procedural-reasonableness review-standard sentence-reduction sentencing-guidelines |
Whether a court of appeals has jurisdiction to review a district court's discretionary denial of a sentence reduction under 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(2) whe… |
| 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… |
| 18-5644 |
Gesner Delva, aka Ti Blan v. United States |
Second Circuit |
2018-08-17 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3582 appellate-review circuit-court-precedent court-of-appeals criminal-sentencing district-court due-process equal-protection judicial-discretion precedent sentence-reduction sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation |
Whether the Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit Contrary to Its Own Precedent Affirmed the District Court's Judgment Order Whereby Denying the Pet… |
| 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… |
| 18-5606 |
Hagop Demirjian v. United States |
Seventh Circuit |
2018-08-15 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3582 amendment-782 circuit-split civil-procedure criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection judicial-discretion section-3582 sentence-disparity sentencing sentencing-disparity statutory-interpretation |
Issue #1 THERE IS A DIVISION AMONG THE CIRCUITS REGARDING ANY STATUTORY PRECLUSION FOR SUCCESSIVE §3582 MOTIONS, EMPLOYING U.S. v. Beard, 745 F.3d 288… |
| 18-5552 |
Victoriano Vega-Jimenez, aka Jose Raul Hernandez v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2018-08-13 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
11th-circuit 18-usc-3582 18-usc-3582(c)(2) circuit-split conflict-with-precedent criminal-sentencing drug-amount drug-quantity drug-sentencing eligibility sentence-reduction sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation ussg-amendment-782 |
Whether the United States, Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit Has Entered a Decision that Is in Conflict with Its Own Precedent and the Decisio… |
| 18-5207 |
Omar Montoya v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2018-07-11 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3582 circumstances-beyond-control criminal-sentencing,sentencing-guidelines,abuse-of criminal-sentencing,sentencing-guidelines,sentenci discretion sentencing-guidelines sentencing-range timeliness |
Whether the District Court reversibly erred in Denying to Reduce and Appropriate Outcome when the Subsequent Sentencing Range has been Lowered by the … |