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| Case | Title | Lower Court | Docketed | Status | Flags | Tags | Question Presented |
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| 25A783 | Crystal Greenlaw v. United States | First Circuit | 2026-01-07 | Application | 18-usc-3582 compassionate-release district-court-discretion pro-se procedural-due-process sentence-reduction | Question not identified. | |
| 25-5480 | Sean L. Hagins v. United States | Third Circuit | 2025-08-27 | Pending | Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP | circuit-precedent compassionate-release extraordinary-circumstances legal-error manifest-injustice sentence-classification | 1) Did the Third Circuit Court of Appeals err by failing to address the misapplication of binding circuit precedents in Sean L. Hagins* Motion for com… |
| 25-5128 | Albert Garza v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2025-07-16 | Denied | Amici (1)Response WaivedIFP | compassionate-release covid-19-relief due-process federal-prisoners sentence-reduction statutory-interpretation | 1. Does 18 U.S.C. §4205(g) , the law on compassionate release, allowing only the Director of the Federal Bureau of Prisons to file a Motion for relea… |
| 25-5054 | Eural Black v. United States | Seventh Circuit | 2025-07-08 | Pending | IFP | circuit-split compassionate-release extraordinary-reasons first-step-act mandatory-minimum sentencing-reduction | The compassionate-release statute permits courts to reduce a prisoner's sentence if the court finds that "extraordinary and compelling reasons" warran… |
| 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… |
| 24A1001 | Malcom Anwar Williams v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2025-04-18 | Presumed Complete | 18-U.S.C.-section-3582 circuit-split compassionate-release criminal-history rehabilitation-evidence sentencing-reduction | This case concerns whether a motion for compassionate release filed under 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(1)(A)(i) may be denied based solely on a defendant's cri… | |
| 24-6907 | Oscar Omar Lobo-Lopez v. United States | Fourth Circuit | 2025-04-02 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | compassionate-release criminal-procedure due-process ineffective-assistance right-to-counsel sixth-amendment | THE SIXTH AMENDMENT RIGHT TO COUNSEL EXTENT TO ALL CRITICAL STASHES OF A CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS LIKE COMPASSIONATE RELEASE, WHEN COUNSEL FAILED TO PROPE… |
| 24-6894 | William J. Wise v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2025-03-31 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | aging-process compassionate-release district-court eighth-amendment first-step-act medical-conditions | Whether the District Court establish an improperly high standard for demonstrating "serious deterioration in physical or mental health because of the … |
| 24-6674 | Kevin Millette v. United States | First Circuit | 2025-02-28 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | appellate-jurisdiction compassionate-release criminal-procedure federal-sentencing habeas-corpus sentencing-modification | Whether a sentencing judge may impose a condition of supervised release that substantially restricts a defendant's access to his own children without … |
| 24-6603 | Michael Lee Gordon v. United States | Sixth Circuit | 2025-02-20 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | compassionate-release criminal-procedure first-step-act retroactive-application sentencing-reduction statutory-interpretation | 1. Whether or not the "reduced" penalties pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 3553, commonly referred to as "Hazelwood" or as was amended and specified by Congres… |
| 24-820 | Daniel Rutherford v. United States | Third Circuit | 2025-02-03 | Granted | Amici (7)Relisted (2) | circuit-split compassionate-release extraordinary-compelling-reasons first-step-act sentencing-reduction statutory-interpretation | The compassionate-release statute permits courts to reduce a prisoner's sentence if the court finds that "extraordinary and compelling reasons" warr… |
| 24-6409 | Eric Jamar Goodall v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2025-01-28 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | circuit-split compassionate-release extraordinary-reasons judicial-discretion medical-conditions sentencing-relief | 1. Did the lower courts err in not requiring or at minimum presuming consideration of "extraordinary and compelling reasons" prior to denying Eric Jam… |
| 24-6130 | Eugene Johnson v. United States | Fourth Circuit | 2024-12-12 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | compassionate-release due-process judicial-discretion sentencing-modification statutory-interpretation trial-defects | Whether a district court judge may consider due process violations, defects in the trial, and conflicts of interest from the underlying trial when dec… |
| 24-6131 | Kristopher Jacob Freda v. Oregon | Oregon | 2024-12-12 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | bureau-of-prisons compassionate-release discretionary-relief extraordinary-circumstances first-step-act sentencing-reduction | 1) If the petitioner is really scared, scared, scared, scared, scared, scared, scared, scared, scared, scared, scared, scared, scared, scared, scared,… |
| 24-556 | Joe Fernandez v. United States | Second Circuit | 2024-11-18 | Granted | Amici (9)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) | circuit-split compassionate-release extraordinary-reasons judicial-discretion sentence-reduction statutory-interpretation | Whether the Second Circuit erred in recognizing extra-textual limitations on what information a court may consider when determining whether there exis… |
| 24-5934 | Richard Balter v. United States | Third Circuit | 2024-11-07 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | compassionate-release constitutional-review judicial-discretion pre-booker-sentencing sentencing-discretion united-states-sentencing-commission | Whether a District Court has the Discretion to Decline to Follow the United States Sentencing Commission's Policy Statement U. S. S. G. 1B1.13(b)(6), … |
| 24-5650 | Roberto Yepez v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2024-09-27 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | circuit-split compassionate-release federal-criminal-procedure sentencing-modification statutory-interpretation supervised-release | Whether, as the Second and Seventh Circuits have indicated, the compassionate-release statute in 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(1) permits reducing supervised re… |
| 24-5596 | Oren Snowden v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2024-09-20 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | compassionate-release district-court-discretion kidney-disease medical-conditions prisoner-rights sentencing | 1. Did the district court abuse its discretion in denying Oren Snowden motion for compassionate release when Oren Snowden suffered from and continues … |
| 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… |
| 23-7700 | Deon Anthony Romell Bailey v. United States | Eighth Circuit | 2024-06-12 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | bodily-safety circuit-court civil-rights compassionate-release criminal-procedure due-process innocence-claim physical-abuse sentencing-enhancement sexual-abuse | Did the Eighth Circuit Decision improperly deny defendant's Career offender Challenge by failing to consider he no longer qualifies for the enhancemen… |
| 23A1071 | Marlo Helmstetter v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2024-05-30 | Presumed Complete | booker-decision compassionate-release juvenile-offender miller-v-alabama section-3582 sentencing-guidelines | Question not identified. | |
| 23-7440 | Michael Paul Puzey v. United States | Fourth Circuit | 2024-05-09 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | bureau-of-prisons compassionate-release criminal-justice-reform federal-sentencing first-step-act judicial-review rehabilitation sentence-modification sentencing statutory-interpretation | "Balancing Justice and Compassion: A Case for Revisiting Compassionate Release under the First Step Act" |
| 23-6989 | Lenroy McLean v. United States | Second Circuit | 2024-03-15 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | abuse-of-discretion co-defendants compassionate-release criminal-sentencing due-process equal-protection federal-procedure judicial-discretion post-conviction-relief sentencing-factors | Whether the lower court properly applied the evaluation of the sect. 3553 factors among differently situated co-defendant to denied Petitioner's compa… |
| 23-890 | In Re Batia Zareh | 2024-02-20 | Denied | Response Waived | bilingual-election bilingual-requirements circuit-split compassionate-release constitutional-discrimination constitutional-law due-process election-law election-requirements equal-protection equal-protection 23-88" extraordinary-compelling-reasons first-step-act language-minority mandatory-minimum-sentence national-origin sentencing-reduction voting-rights Whether non-retroactive changes in law can be 'ext | Whether the Bilingual Election Requirements (52 U.S.C. §10503) of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 (52 U.S.C. §10301, et. sec.) by authorizing coverage a… | |
| 23-6452 | Shannon R. Thomas v. United States | Eighth Circuit | 2024-01-10 | Denied | Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP | compassionate-release criminal-procedure federal-sentencing first-step-act jurisdiction jurisdictional-challenge retroactivity sentencing statutory-interpretation | ~T rx necson \\ YjL. 4V-< l peY\Vov\e,r do noV qut^V^y ©f VkiV under We AVH (£j(2J((l) penoVV/ enVc^n^emenV ccoa . VWe —'O irsvrVuV Ooudc, sV\VY covwi… |
| 23-6357 | Dalton Laquane Smith v. United States | Fourth Circuit | 2023-12-27 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | compassionate-release criminal-justice due-process federal-criminal-procedure judicial-discretion motion-for-relief sentencing sentencing-modification statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent | 1. Whether the denial of the Petitioner's 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(1)(A) Motion is contrary to this Court's ruling in CONCEPCION? see infra. |
| 23A483 | Salvador Magluta v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2023-11-29 | Presumed Complete | acquitted-conduct circuit-split compassionate-release sentence-modification sentencing-guidelines solitary-confinement | Question not identified. | |
| 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… |
| 23-5699 | Jose J. Galiany-Cruz v. United States | First Circuit | 2023-10-03 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | compassionate-release criminal-justice criminal-procedure district-court district-court-authority extraordinary-and-compelling-reasons federal-sentencing judicial-discretion sentencing sentencing-guidelines united-states-sentencing-guidelines | Does a district court have the authority to determine what constitutes "extra ordinary and compelling reasons " warranting compassionate release or ar… |
| 23-5698 | Roy Christopher West v. United States | Sixth Circuit | 2023-10-02 | Denied | Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP | circuit-split compassionate-release concepcion-v-united-states district-court-discretion equal-protection extraordinary-and-compelling-reasons first-step-act judicial-discretion sentencing-disparity | 1) Whether the Sixth Circuit's Threshold Determination of No Compelling Reasons Under the First Step Act of 2018 for Compassionate Release is Erroneou… |
| 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… |
| 23-88 | Jerry L. Brown v. United States | Seventh Circuit | 2023-07-31 | Denied | Response Waived | circuit-split compassionate-release extraordinary-compelling-reasons first-step-act mandatory-minimum mandatory-minimum-sentence resentencing sentencing-commission sentencing-reduction | Whether non-retroactive changes in law can be "extraordinary and compelling reasons" warranting resentencing under 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(1)(A). |
| 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… |
| 23-5132 | Alfredo Gonzalez v. United States | First Circuit | 2023-07-19 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | compassionate-release covid-19-risk district-court extraordinary-and-compelling-circumstances extraordinary-circumstances incarceration medical-vulnerability SARS-CoV-2 scientific-assumptions | May a district court rely upon its own medical or scientific assumptions about the risks associated with a novel virus such as SARS-CoV-2 to conclude … |
| 22-7752 | Arthur Taylor v. Landon Bird, Warden, et al. | Ninth Circuit | 2023-06-09 | Denied | Relisted (2)IFP | civil-rights compassionate-release constitutional-damages cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process medical-care medical-neglect prison-conditions prisoner-rights toxic-exposure | Petitioner: IasKtobe Release UNder the case Law of Prima Facie cage's and to becompen sated FoR the aMouNt of EleveN MillioN as IpRayFOR Relief of thi… |
| 22-7631 | Terrell McGee v. United States | Seventh Circuit | 2023-05-25 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | compassionate-release constitutional-rights criminal-history criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection judicial-discretion murder-degrees retroactivity sentencing sentencing-disparities | CK c\A&KIH t; 0tf (K (\y\d Toxi^Vi be Cofn^j/fovw/e (MJ/iowe 7/" ffY, rjobr (\ihve f [)oeS SewWiciWj bak/een fiS-orJtvivry _ CVen iftic<iWw<f ^cfwr le… |
| 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… |
| 22-7417 | Keanan Dequez Bond v. United States | Fourth Circuit | 2023-05-01 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | compassionate-release criminal-procedure district-court due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment plea-agreement sentencing | Whether the court of appeals violated the defendant's Fourteenth Amendment right to equal protection where the district court in a motion for compassi… |
| 22-7313 | Rakim Moberly v. United States | Sixth Circuit | 2023-04-18 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | appellate-procedure circuit-court-standard compassionate-release criminal-procedure excusable-neglect federal-rules-of-appellate-procedure first-step-act notice-of-appeal pro-se pro-se-appeal | 1) Did the Petitioner's Letter to the District Court Clerk, which stated: "5:19-Cr~136-DCR Dear Court Clerk I received the decision from the court to… |
| 22-7303 | Patrick Dewayne Smith v. United States | Sixth Circuit | 2023-04-17 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | compassionate-release extraordinary-and-compelling extraordinary-circumstances federal-law-change first-step-act mandatory-life-sentence mandatory-minimum retroactivity sentencing-reduction sentencing-reform | Whether non-retroactive changes in federal law can serve as "extraordinary and compelling reasons" warranting a sentence reduction under 18 U.S.C. § 3… |
| 22-7279 | Robert J. Thomas v. United States | Seventh Circuit | 2023-04-13 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | civil-procedure compassionate-release compassionate-relief concepcion-v-united-states due-process first-step-act in-forma-pauperis judicial-review prisoner-rights statutory-interpretation | In forma pauperis status and review his request for compassionate relief under the First Step Act based on its decision in Concepcion v. United States… |
| 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… |
| 22-7101 | 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 … |
| 22-6936 | Edson Gelin v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2023-03-06 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | circuit-split compassionate-release criminal-procedure first-step-act ineffective-assistance murder-conviction ninth-circuit sentencing-guidelines sentencing-policy state-court statutory-interpretation | 7W Ccur-f of far W. Ekv^J-U\ ^-ff'rr/vei -W, of Mo^-'cwvj -fr /wo d rfr^ ^ -f,'osjC (KrC^ ? oC feJrr4-,'0Ki€r /y of (JfJ *T4-f ^ <*f £b~f)r'g}tWold?ts… |
| 22-6699 | Marquita Leigh Meredith v. United States | Fourth Circuit | 2023-02-03 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | compassionate-release criminal-procedure district-court federal-sentencing policy-statement sentencing statutory-interpretation | The questions presented here is whether 2007 statement is an "applicable" policy Statement that binds a district court when deciding whether to grant … |
| 22-6602 | Matthew C. Eisenmann v. United States | Eighth Circuit | 2023-01-23 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | civil-rights compassionate-release criminal-procedure due-process first-step-act sentencing | Question not identified. |
| 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… |
| 22-6257 | Kenneth Ray Borders v. United States | Eighth Circuit | 2022-12-08 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | circuit-court compassionate-release criminal-procedure due-process eighth-amendment health-conditions judicial-misconduct procedural-error standing | I. SHOULD THIS COURT GRANT THE WRIT WHERE THE LOWER COURT ERRED IN VIOLATION OF THE EIGHTH AMENDMENT IN DENYING COMPASSIONATE RELEASE WHEN THE LOWER… |
| 22-6104 | Esteban Parra-Reyes v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2022-11-18 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | abuse-of-discretion circuit-court-review compassionate-release criminal-justice federal-sentencing judicial-discretion ninth-circuit prisoner-rights sentencing summary-affirmance | I. Whether The Denial Of Esteban Para Reyes's Motion For Compassionate Release Was An Abuse Of Discretion? II. Whether the Ninth Circuit's Summary Af… |
| 22-5990 | Leroy Brooks v. United States | Third Circuit | 2022-11-04 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 3553a-factors abuse-of-discretion compassionate-release criminal-justice criminal-procedure district-court district-court-discretion extraordinary-reasons judicial-review sentence-reduction sentencing | 1. Whether the district court abused its discretion in denying Petitioner's motion for compassionate release/reduction in sentence. |
| 22-5934 | Gemar Morgan v. United States | Sixth Circuit | 2022-10-28 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | compassionate-release constitutional-due-process covid-19 criminal-justice-reform first-step-act health-conditions judicial-discretion retroactive-application sentence-modification sentencing-reform sentencing-reform-act statutory-interpretation | Question not identified. |
| 22-5940 | Hugo Villarreal-Solis v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2022-10-28 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | appeals compassionate-release criminal-justice criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit habeas-corpus judicial-discretion motion sentencing | WHETHER IT WAS ERROR FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT TO DENY SOLIS' MOTION FOR COMPASSIONATE RELEASE? |
| 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… |
| 22-5859 | 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… |
| 22-5655 | Robert Frank Miller v. United States | District of Columbia | 2022-09-23 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | compassionate-release criminal-history equal-protection procedural-fairness rehabilitation sentence-reduction sentencing-objectives standing waiver | failed to meet his burden of demonstrating Extraordinary and Compelling reasons that warrant a sentence reduction? Whether Certiorari should be grant… |
| 22-5625 | Orville Tucker v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2022-09-20 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 3553(a)-factors circuit-split compassionate-release guideline-range non-delegation-doctrine sentencing-commission sentencing-law statutory-interpretation | 1. Did Congress, in 28 U.S.C. § 994(t), delegate complete authority to the U.S. Sentencing Commission to "define" an exclusive list of "extraordinary … |
| 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… |
| 22-5430 | Derrick Lakeith Brown v. United States | Sixth Circuit | 2022-08-24 | Denied | Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP | actual-innocence appellate-jurisdiction civil-rights compassionate-release constitutional-interpretation due-process ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-procedure legal-review sentencing state-courts | WHETHER THE LOWER COURTS ABUSED THEIR DISCRETION ERRED. PEPPER V. UNITED STATES, IN LIGHT OF THIS COURT'S PRECEDENT PRECEDENT OF UNITED S 1108-111S(6T… |
| 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… |
| 22-5192 | Jose Manuel Hernandez-Miranda v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2022-08-01 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | compassionate-release court-review covid-19 criminal-justice due-process eighth-amendment extraordinary-reasons judicial-discretion petitioner-rights sentencing sentencing-relief | Question not identified. |
| 22-5156 | Wilbert McKreith v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2022-07-22 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | compassionate-release criminal-justice-reform criminal-sentencing district-court-authority first-step-act judicial-authority sentencing sentencing-commission statutory-interpretation | Do district courts have authority to grant compassionate release under 18 U.S.C. 3582(c)(1)(A), as amended by the First Step Act of 2018, based on a c… |
| 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 … |
| 21-8265 | Michael S. Gorbey v. United States | District of Columbia | 2022-06-29 | Dismissed | Response WaivedIFP | appellate-review appointment-of-counsel compassionate-release constitutional-rights covid-19 criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection habeas-corpus post-conviction-relief statutory-interpretation | Question not identified. |
| 21-8213 | James York v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2022-06-23 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | abuse-of-discretion administrative-remedies asthma compassionate-release covid-19 criminal-procedure discretionary-review federal-corrections sentencing-factors | Whether the District Court Abused its Discretion by Denying Mr. York's Motion for Compassionate Release? |
| 21-8124 | Kywon A. Datham v. United States | District of Columbia | 2022-06-10 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | civil-rights compassionate-release criminal-procedure danger-to-community due-process incarcerated-persons judicial-discretion rule-35b sentence-reduction sentencing time-bar | Whether District of Colombia Court of Appeals errd when it denid petitioner's Request For summary reversal? Did the Lower Courts abuse their discreti… |
| 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… |
| 21-8048 | Michael Ray Kapp v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2022-06-03 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | abuse-of-discretion appellate-review circuit-court compassionate-release criminal-justice federal-procedure judicial-discretion sentencing summary-affirmance | I. Whether The Denial Of Michael Kapp's Motion For Compassionate Release Was An Abuse Of Discretion? II. Whether the Ninth Circuit's Summary Affirman… |
| 21-8034 | Robert Lawrence v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2022-06-02 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | circuit-split compassionate-release criminal-procedure defendant-motion first-step-act sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation | Is the Eleventh Circuit's decision in United States v. Bryant, 996 f.3d 1243 (11th Cir. 2021) correct in determining that Section 1B1.13 of the United… |
| 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? |
| 21-7951 | 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… |
| 21-7748 | Sonny Austin Ramdeo v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2022-04-29 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | circuit-split compassionate-release defendant-motion first-step-act sentencing-guidelines sentencing-reform-act statutory-interpretation | Whether the expanded compassionate release statute, 18 U.S.C. §3582(c)(1)(A) (2018) triggers any sentencing guideline policy statements when defendant… |
| 21-7510 | Ramon Lopez v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2022-04-01 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | bureau-of-prisons compassionate-release criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing extraordinary-circumstances federal-corrections federal-sentencing-guidelines sentence-reduction sentencing statutory-interpretation | Whether Criminal Defendants may use the "recently amended" Compassionate Release Statute [18 U.S.C. Sec. 3582(c)(1)(A)]'to reduce or correct an exce… |
| 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… |
| 21-7331 | Darregus T. Robinson v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2022-03-10 | Denied | Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP | circuit-split civil-rights compassionate-release constitutional-violation due-process habeas-corpus policy sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation | USSG §1B1. B TO DENY RELIEF WHEN THE GUIDELINE DID NOT APPLY TO HIS MOTION? 5TH AND 8TH AMENDMENT CONSTITUTIONAL VIOLATIONS! CAN PETITIONER GET RELIE… |
| 21-7245 | Julia Ann Poff v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2022-03-02 | Denied | Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP | civil-rights compassionate-release criminal-procedure due-process federal-sentencing habeas-corpus pro-se pro-se-filing sentence-reduction sentencing | Question not identified. |
| 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… |
| 21-7134 | 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… |
| 21-7136 | 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… |
| 21-7086 | William L. Whitefield v. United States | Seventh Circuit | 2022-02-09 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 18-usc-3582c1a 18-usc-924c compassionate-release criminal-law criminal-sentencing district-court-discretion extraordinary-and-compelling-reasons mandatory-minimum 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 … |
| 21-7054 | 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 … |
| 21-7031 | Joseph D. Davis v. United States | District of Columbia | 2022-02-01 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | compassionate-release court-of-appeals criminal-sentencing district-of-columbia-court-of-appeals federal-procedure guidelines inconsistent-opinions judicial-discretion sentencing sentencing-guidelines united-states-sentencing-commission | I. Whether the opinion of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals concerning the Petitioner's motion for Compassionate Release is inconsistent with … |
| 21-6992 | Michael Rocky Lane v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2022-01-27 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | abuse-of-discretion appellate-review compassionate-release criminal-justice criminal-procedure due-process federal-sentencing ninth-circuit sentencing summary-affirmance | I. Whether The Denial Of Michael Lane's Motion For Compassionate Release Was An Abuse Of Discretion? II. Whether the Ninth Circuit's Summary Affirman… |
| 21-6956 | Roman Enrique Delgado-Montoya v. United States | Tenth Circuit | 2022-01-25 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | bureau-of-prisons circuit-split compassionate-release criminal-sentencing extraordinary-and-compelling-reasons federal-prisoner-relief first-step-act sentencing-commission sentencing-modification statutory-interpretation | Under 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(1)(A)(i), the district court is limited to the "extraordinary and compelling reasons" given in application note 1 of the com… |
| 21-6861 | Piyarath S. Kayarath v. United States | Tenth Circuit | 2022-01-14 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | adolescent-brain compassionate-release extraordinary-circumstances mandatory-life-sentence mandatory-minimums neuroscience neuroscience-evidence procedural-error section-3553 section-3582 sentencing-guidelines sentencing-reform | Whether Booker's invalidation of the mandatory sentencing regime, and post-Booker neuroscience facts about the adolescent brain constitutes extraordin… |
| 21-6707 | Antonio Turner v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2021-12-22 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 3553(a)-factors administrative-remedy bureau-of-prisons compassionate-release criminal-sentencing extraordinary-and-compelling-reasons extraordinary-compelling-reasons first-step-act sentence-reduction sentencing-guidelines | Whether the district court erred by denying Mr. Turner's Motion for Sentence Reduction under 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(1)(A)(i). |
| 21-6594 | James A. Hald, et al. v. United States | Tenth Circuit | 2021-12-15 | Denied | Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP | compassionate-release criminal-justice-system criminal-procedure district-court-discretion due-process extraordinary-reasons federal-prisoner-rights federal-prisons sentencing sentencing-reduction statutory-interpretation | Whether, under 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(1)(A)(i), a district court must first determine whether "extraordinary and compelling reasons warrant such a reduct… |
| 21-6540 | Alfred E. Daking, Jr. v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2021-12-07 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | circuit-split compassionate-release first-step-act judicial-discretion sentencing-guidelines sentencing-reform-act statutory-interpretation u.s.s.g.-1b1.13 | When Congress enacted the Sentencing Reform Act of 1984 (Pub. L. No. 98 473, Tit. II, ch. II, 98 Sta. 1987; 18 U.S.C. §3551, et seq.) , it provided a … |
| 21-6378 | Severo Garcia-Meza v. United States | Sixth Circuit | 2021-11-23 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | administrative-law board-of-immigration-appeals civil-rights compassionate-release cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process immigration-law incarceration ineffective-assistance judicial-review sentencing | l - At 0(S<ftAxS (Lozzt-sC /y\ 9~ 4Z-&~y 5cC.&p oiJ /V DCrf(r^PAtJT vj eJ/UGlfJM' ^^<Sl'PCt^C~ f/vom*-S f-J {$- <J,-S.C.i5S3C^ luJtfoi Oe«n<-*AtuhJCr … |
| 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 … |
| 21-6060 | 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). |
| 21-6010 | Robert D. Sutton v. United States | Seventh Circuit | 2021-10-20 | Denied | Amici (1)IFP | circuit-split compassionate-release criminal-justice criminal-sentencing judicial-discretion mandatory-minimum mandatory-minimums retroactivity sentence-reduction sentencing statutory-interpretation | Under 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(1)(A), a defendant may seek a sentence reduction based, in part, on "extraordinary and compelling reasons." In 2018, Congres… |
| 21-5940 | Jovani Jacobo v. United States | Eighth Circuit | 2021-10-12 | Denied | Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP | compassionate-release criminal-justice extraordinary-and-compelling-reasons extraordinary-reasons federal-courts federal-prisoners judicial-discretion sentencing sentencing-modification statutory-interpretation | The federal compassionate-release statute, 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(1)(A), permits sentencing courts to release federal prisoners for "extraordinary and co… |
| 21-5802 | David A. Bridgewater v. United States | Seventh Circuit | 2021-09-28 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | brooklyn-savings-bank compassionate-release contractual-principle department-of-justice first-step-act plea-agreement public-interest statutory-right statutory-waiver | 1. Does the rule of United States v. Mezzanatto, 513 U.S. 196 (1995), that a statutory right is waivable in a plea agreement absent an affirmative ind… |
| 21-5787 | In Re Randall Thomas McArty | 2021-09-24 | Dismissed | IFP | civil-rights compassionate-release criminal-procedure due-process extraordinary-circumstances federal-procedure federal-sentencing habeas-corpus parole sentencing sentencing-reduction statutory-interpretation | 1. Whethe the prima fai requiement in 28uss 2244() wud funtion enn renen ennt f a sentn ot ld l dee etio of nelease or paude. 2). Whether 28 usc 246 … | |
| 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… |
| 21-5508 | Marc Norfleet v. John R. Baldwin, et al. | Seventh Circuit | 2021-08-27 | Denied | IFP | 18-U.S.C.-3582 access-to-courts civil-rights compassionate-release due-process equal-protection federal-sentencing indigent-status prisoner-rights sanctions sentence-modification statutory-interpretation | Upon 8/04/15 (9) Court's Denial of Petitioner's Constitutional Violation of Petitioner's USC Fourteenth Amendment due process Clause, equal protection… |
| 21-5350 | Bobby Earl Keys v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2021-08-12 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | abuse-of-discretion appellate-review compassionate-release criminal-procedure district-court-discretion due-process prisoner-release sentencing sentencing-factors standard-of-review statutory-interpretation | DID THE FIFTH CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS APPLIED THE WRONGED APPELLATE STANDARD OF REVIEW TO CLAIM THAT DISTRICT COURT COMMITTED STATUTORY ERROR UNDER 1… |
| 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.… |
| 21-5297 | Kurzie Lee Curtis v. David Shinn, Director, Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Reentry, et al. | Ninth Circuit | 2021-08-04 | Denied | IFP | 8th-amendment bureau-of-prisons civil-rights compassionate-release due-process first-step-act | Questions of law In Belatiol To Inoiztment whe A MAabo DiniVE is AN AulhoAtive iNstmenthat Dicates thAN C PC CuDCAN n ea.RulE 12. Rsion ofTue b6sEsFed… |
| 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 … |
| 21-5068 | Leonard Griffin v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2021-07-09 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | age compassionate-release covid-19 criminal-procedure district-court-discretion family-circumstances federal-statute health-conditions motion-for-relief race sentencing | Whether the district court erred by denying Mr. Griffin's Motion for Compassionate Release under 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(1)(A). |
| 20-8340 | Reginald Charles Harvey v. Tennessee, et al. | Sixth Circuit | 2021-06-21 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 8th-amendment civil-rights compassionate-release covid-19 due-process prison-reform | Question not identified. |
| 20-1732 | Thomas Bryant, Jr. v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2021-06-15 | Denied | Amici (3) | circuit-split compassionate-release criminal-procedure 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 a district court in considering a def… |
| 20-8268 | Duprece Jett v. United States | Seventh Circuit | 2021-06-09 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | civil-rights compassionate-release constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus judicial-review sentencing separation-of-powers | Whether testimony identifying Agent Guy's identifying Def. Dyprece Jett, as one of the two robbers under the Open Door doctrine was harmless error alt… |
| 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). |
| 20-7966 | James L. Rudzavice v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2021-05-10 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 3582(c)(1)(a)(i) compassionate-release constitutional-rights due-process first-step-act judicial-bias judicial-discretion procedural-fairness sentencing-review | (1) Did Ebth the District Court judge and the Fifth circuit Court of Appeal misconstrue the purpose of the First Step Act and 3582(c) (1)(A)(i) becaus… |
| 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… |
| 20-5979 | Steven Dwayne Bailey v. Stuart Sherman, Warden | Ninth Circuit | 2020-10-09 | Denied | IFP | case-review compassionate-release criminal-justice district-court due-process early-release judicial-discretion judicial-review legal-standard parole procedural-error sentencing | Assembly Bill 29u2 allows the Court to recall andlor resentence the defendant upon recommendation of the district Attorney of the Cownty in Which the … |
| 20-5194 | In Re Kevin D. Moore | 2020-07-31 | Denied | Relisted (2)IFP | compassionate-release covid-19 due-process equal-protection federal-prisoner habeas-corpus non-successive-claim post-conviction-relief sentencing-reform statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent | Question not identified. | |
| 19-5526 | Frances W. Lake v. Robert Wilkie, Secretary of Veterans Affairs | Federal Circuit | 2019-08-08 | Denied | Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3)IFP | administrative-exhaustion administrative-procedure appeals civil-rights compassionate-release disability due-process extraordinary-circumstances federal-prisoner financial-hardship first-step-act government-benefits medical-expenses sentence-reduction | FRANCES LAKE 855YEARS OLD WIDOW OF MELVIN LAKE, VETERAN. HAS SPENT 9 YEARS SINCE BEING MEDICALLY APPROVED FOR EXPENSES WERE WITHIN MAPR. RIGHT ARM HAS… |
| 18-9734 | Hector Dominguez-Gabriel, aka Kinko, aka John Richard Bellefleur v. United States | Second Circuit | 2019-06-19 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | abuse-of-discretion compassionate-release criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing federal-courts federal-sentencing judicial-discretion sentence-modification sentencing-guidelines sentencing-relief statutory-interpretation | WHETHER THE LOWER COURT(S) ABUSED ITS DISCRETION WHEN IT DENIED APPELLANT SECTION 3582(c)(2) RELIEF? |
| 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) |
| 18-7788 | Sunny Robinson v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2019-02-07 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | appeal appellate-review compassionate-release criminal-justice criminal-procedure district-court-discretion due-process federal-sentencing judicial-discretion sentence-reduction sentencing statutory-interpretation | Should a writ of certiorari be granted to determine whether the District Court and the Fifth Circuit erred in not granting relief under Title 18 U.S.C… |