extraordinary-compelling-reason
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| Case | Title | Lower Court | Docketed | Status | Flags | Tags | Question Presented |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25-5105 | Anthony Michael Laporte v. United States | Fourth Circuit | 2025-07-15 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | bureau-of-prisons extraordinary-compelling-reason mental-health-treatment rehabilitation sentence-reduction sentencing-disparity | 1. Can rehabilitation efforts, when combined with other issues, constitute an extraordinary and compelling reason to reduce a sentence? 2. Can the di… |
| 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… |
| 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… |
| 22-5878 | 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)(… |