| 24-5822 |
Fernando De La Torre v. United States |
Seventh Circuit |
2024-10-25 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-justice-reform first-step-act incarceration-policy judicial-discretion rehabilitation sentencing-reduction |
(1) Should His Supreme Court overturn The appollate Court's decision to bypass appellote review — Cov Glouse of discretion ?
(2) Does: Concepcion per… |
| 24-5016 |
Michael Medina v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-07-08 |
GVR |
Relisted (2)IFP |
circuit-split criminal-justice-reform first-step-act mandatory-minimum post-conviction-relief resentencing retroactivity sentencing-reduction sentencing-reform statutory-interpretation |
The First Step Act (FSA) significantly reduced the
mandatory minimum sentences for several federal drug
and firearm offenses. First Step Act of 2018, … |
| 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" |
| 23-5296 |
Leonel Marin-Torres v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2023-08-07 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-justice-reform effective-assistance-of-counsel equitable-relief first-step-act guidelines-range ineffective-assistance pro-se-representation sentencing-guidelines sixth-amendment |
1. Whether a district court, when deciding a First Step
Act motion on the pleadings, complies with Concepcion v. United
States, when it fails to calcu… |
| 23-5198 |
Richard Potts v. United States |
Third Circuit |
2023-07-26 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-justice-reform criminal-sentencing discretionary-authority district-court-discretion fair-sentencing-act first-step-act sentencing sentencing-reduction statutory-interpretation statutory-penalty |
First Question
Whether the Fair Sentencing Act modified the
statutory penalty for petitioner's offense,
so that petitioner is eligible for a sentenc… |
| 22-7750 |
Jessie Traylor v. Stevie Knight, Warden, et al. |
Fourth Circuit |
2023-06-09 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
civil-rights clemency constitutional-law criminal-justice-reform due-process equal-protection expressive-conduct first-amendment free-speech hate-crime sentencing statutory-interpretation |
Question not identified. |
| 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… |
| 22-6149 |
Edgar Arellano v. California |
California |
2022-11-23 |
Denied |
IFP |
assistance-of-counsel constitutional-rights criminal-justice-reform effective-assistance-of-counsel fourteenth-amendment mitigating-evidence senate-bill-1333 sentencing sentencing-hearing sixth-amendment |
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| 22-6141 |
Eric Lamont Wade v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2022-11-22 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
abuse-of-discretion concepcion-ruling concepcion-v-united-states criminal-justice-reform district-court-discretion due-process first-step-act section-404(c) sentence-reduction sentencing |
QUESTON NUMBER ONE:
Whether the district court abused its discretion by failing to comply
with Section 404 (c) of the First Step Act of 2018, ensurin… |
| 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. |
| 22-340 |
Mark E. Pulsifer v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2022-10-12 |
Judgment Issued |
Amici (4)Relisted (3) |
circuit-conflict circuit-split criminal-history criminal-justice-reform first-step-act mandatory-minimum rule-of-lenity safety-valve sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation |
The "safety valve" provision of the federal sentencing statute requires a district court to ignore any statutory mandatory minimum and instead follow … |
| 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… |
| 22-5156 |
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… |
| 21-7463 |
James Edward Sandford, III v. United States |
Second Circuit |
2022-03-25 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
appellate-review criminal-justice criminal-justice-reform judicial-discretion post-conviction-relief prison-population rehabilitation sentencing supervisory-power supreme-court-power |
Question not identified. |
| 21-1274 |
Bobby Lee Ingram v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2022-03-21 |
GVR |
Relisted (4) |
criminal-justice-reform district-court-discretion first-step-act judicial-discretion legal-developments retroactivity sentencing sentencing-reduction statutory-interpretation |
Whether, when deciding if it should "impose a reduced sentence" on an individual under Section 404(b) of the First Step Act of 2018, a district court … |
| 21-7368 |
Antwan Boyd v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2022-03-15 |
GVR |
Relisted (2)IFP |
criminal-justice-reform district-court-discretion first-step-act intervening-legal-developments legal-developments retroactivity sentencing sentencing-reduction statutory-interpretation |
Whether, when deciding if it should "impose a reduced sentence"
on an individual under Section 404(b) of the First Step Act of 2018, a
district court … |
| 21-7270 |
Karo Brown v. United States |
Second Circuit |
2022-03-04 |
Denied |
IFP |
circuit-split criminal-justice-reform criminal-procedure first-step-act legal-developments retroactivity sentencing sentencing-reduction statutory-interpretation |
Whether, when deciding if it should "impose a reduced sentence" on an individual under Section 404(b) of the First Step Act of 2018, a district court … |
| 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… |
| 21-6753 |
Trevin Nunnally, aka Rick v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2022-01-04 |
GVR |
Relisted (3)IFP |
apprendi cocaine-distribution constitutional-law constitutional-precedent criminal-justice-reform criminal-statute first-step-act intervening-developments sentencing sentencing-reduction statutory-interpretation |
"Whether, when deciding if it should 'impose a reduced sentence' on an individual under Section 404(b) of the First Step Act of 2018 . . . a district … |
| 21-6739 |
Anthony Harris v. United States |
Second Circuit |
2021-12-29 |
GVR |
Relisted (2)IFP |
covered-offense criminal-justice-reform district-court-discretion factual-developments first-step-act intervening-developments legal-developments retroactivity sentencing sentencing-reduction statutory-interpretation |
Whether a district court must or may consider intervening legal and factual developments before imposing a reduced sentence on an individual found eli… |
| 21-6426 |
Lee Dale White v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2021-11-24 |
Denied |
IFP |
appellate-review criminal-justice-reform first-step-act section-404 sentencing substantive-reasonableness |
Whether a district court's denial of a motion for relief from under Section 404 of the First Step Act is subject to substantive reasonableness review? |
| 21-6224 |
Tony Ford v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2021-11-10 |
GVR |
Relisted (3)IFP |
criminal-justice-reform criminal-resentencing district-court-discretion first-step-act intervening-legal-developments legal-developments retroactivity sentencing sentencing-reduction statutory-interpretation |
Whether, when deciding if it should "impose a reduced sentence" on an individual under Section 404(b) of the First Step Act of 2018, a district court … |
| 21-6190 |
Joe Lewis Finley v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2021-11-04 |
Denied |
IFP |
appellate-review criminal-justice-reform first-step-act section-404 sentencing substantive-reasonableness |
Whether a district court's denial of a motion for relief from under Section 404 of the First Step Act is subject to substantive reasonableness review? |
| 21-6160 |
Dennis Dean Smith v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2021-11-03 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
8th-amendment civil-rights criminal-justice-reform cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process equal-protection first-step-act prior-convictions retroactive-sentencing sentencing sentencing-guidelines substantial-changes |
1) Has the Eleventh Amendment barred the federal courts from exercising jurisdiction over this case where the state has been sued in federal court to … |
| 21-546 |
Michael G. Harper, aka Cuban Mike v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2021-10-13 |
GVR |
Relisted (2) |
criminal-justice-reform criminal-resentencing district-court district-court-discretion first-step-act intervening-legal-developments legal-developments reduced-sentence sentencing sentencing-reduction statutory-interpretation |
Whether, when deciding if it should "impose a reduced sentence" on an individual under Section 404(b) of the First Step Act of 2018, a district court … |
| 20-7737 |
Marjuan Shondell Fleming v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2021-04-14 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
circuit-split constitutional-rights crack-cocaine criminal-justice-reform criminal-procedure first-step-act post-conviction right-to-counsel sentence-enhancement sentencing sixth-amendment statutory-interpretation |
Whether the term "Covered offense" in the First Step Act of 2018, includes violations of Title 18 USC 924(c), involving crack cocaine, to which ACCA t… |
| 20-6953 |
Dwyne Byron Deruise, aka Duke v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2021-01-26 |
Denied |
IFP |
career-offender circuit-split criminal-justice-reform discretion discretionary-review first-step-act resentencing sentencing-guidelines |
Whether a district court that chooses to conduct a resentencing under § 404 of the First Step Act is prohibited from considering a defendant's current… |
| 20-6870 |
Antonio Harris v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2021-01-13 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
crack-cocaine criminal-justice-reform first-step-act judicial-discretion mandatory-minimum mandatory-minimums retroactive-sentencing sentence-reduction sentencing-guidelines |
Can federal judges ignore the current United States Sentencing Guidelines calculation when considering whether to reduce a sentence for a "covered off… |
| 20-6316 |
Mickey Pubien v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2020-11-13 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
circuit-split criminal-justice-reform criminal-resentencing discretion first-step-act penalty-reduction sentencing sentencing-discretion statutory-interpretation |
What the district court may appropriately consider when imposing a reduced sentence pursuant to § 404 of the First Step Act of 2018 remains an unsettl… |
| 20-6148 |
Smith Merinord v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2020-10-28 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-924c 924(c)-statute brandishing criminal-justice-reform direct-appeal firearms-offense first-step-act hobbs-act sentencing statutory-interpretation |
I. WHETHER THE FIRST STEP ACT APPLIES TO CASES PENDING ON DIRECT APPEAL AT THE TIME OF ITS ENACTMENT, WHERE THE PETITIONER WAS CONVICTED OF THREE HOBB… |
| 19-8403 |
Juan Miguel Lopez v. Stuart Sherman, Warden |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-05-05 |
Denied |
IFP |
appellate-jurisdiction constitutional-review criminal-justice-reform criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing due-process equal-protection judicial-oversight jurisdictional-challenge retroactivity sentencing-review |
How can the Court be impelled to use its' all encompassing jurisdiction to redress the imposition of time added to a primary base term, as an aggravat… |
| 19-8312 |
Lazaro Candelaria v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2020-04-20 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-justice-reform criminal-procedure first-step-act ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel plea-agreement plea-bargaining prior-convictions sentencing sentencing-enhancement shepard-documentation |
1) Whether the First Step Act of U.S. in his Title 21 U.S.C. § 2255(f)(1) motion.
2) Whether CounselSenate Bill 756, applies to the Petitioner, ineff… |
| 19-8036 |
Odis Lee Jackson v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2020-03-18 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
criminal-justice-reform criminal-resentencing district-court-procedure due-process federal-jurisdiction first-step-act judicial-review mandatory-minimum post-sentencing-conduct sentencing sentencing-modification sentencing-reform statutory-interpretation |
I. What procedures does Section 404 of the First Step Act require a district court to follow when conducting its statutorily required "complete review… |
| 19-7930 |
Roderick Pearson v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2020-03-10 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appeal appellate-procedure criminal-justice-reform criminal-law criminal-sentencing due-process finality first-step-act judicial-review retroactivity sentencing statutory-interpretation |
Whether certiorari should be granted in order to vacate the decision below and remand to the Eleventh Circuit to consider whether § 403 of the First S… |
| 19-7528 |
David Lee Smith v. Rick Jackson |
Fourth Circuit |
2020-02-03 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-rights criminal-justice-reform criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus incarceration innocence-claim legal-release parole recidivism rehabilitation sentencing |
IS APPELLANT ENITITLED TO
RELEASE ON HISWN
RECOGNANICES,AFTER DEMDNISTRATING NI.C.G.S.I4-7.I
IS PATENTLY UNCANLSTITUTI ONAL COLORABLY SHAINIING HIS IN… |
| 19-7420 |
In Re Adrean Francis |
|
2020-01-27 |
Denied |
IFP |
criminal-justice-reform criminal-justice-system drug-crime due-process equal-protection full-faith-and-credit habeas-corpus second-amendment sentencing-enhancement state-sovereignty statutory-interpretation youthful-offender |
QUESTION ONE: Whether the continued application of a vacated New York "Youthful Offender" conviction constitutes an illegal sentence and creates separ… |
| 19-6255 |
Kunta Kenta Redd v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2019-10-11 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
crack-cocaine crack-cocaine-sentencing criminal-justice-reform due-process first-step-act retroactivity section-404 sentencing-disparity sentencing-guidelines sentencing-reform sixth-amendment statutory-interpretation |
Whether me, the Petitioner, is entitled to Relief from denial 404 motion at the District Court level in light of the First Step Act, December 21st, 20… |
| 18-9431 |
William Maurice Smith v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-05-28 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
criminal-justice-reform criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-retroactivity,sentencing-reform drug-distribution due-process first-step-act griffith-v-kentucky ninth-circuit ninth-circuit-review resentencing retroactive-application retroactivity sentencing sentencing-reform statutory-interpretation |
Does Griffith v. Kentucky, 479 U.S. 314, (1987) apply to First Step Act of 2018?
If so did the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals fail to apply Griffith … |