extraordinary-and-compelling-circumstances

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
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 …
22-783 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…