extraordinary-reasons
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| Case | Title | Lower Court | Docketed | Status | Flags | Tags | Question Presented |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25-6786 | Cornell Clisby v. United States | Sixth Circuit | 2026-02-11 | Pending | IFP | abuse-of-discretion circuit-court extraordinary-reasons federal-sentencing rehabilitation-factors sentence-reduction | Whether the Sixth Circuit and the district court abused its discretion by failing to hold that extraordinary and compelling reasons existed to qualify… |
| 25-551 | United States v. Shaheem Johnson | Fourth Circuit | 2025-11-06 | Pending | criminal-procedure district-court extraordinary-reasons sentence-reduction sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation | Whether the district court permissibly found "extraordinary and compelling reasons" to allow reduction of respondent's sentence under 18 U.S.C. 3582(c… | |
| 25-5737 | Antwan Elvago Coplen v. United States | Eighth Circuit | 2025-09-25 | Denied | IFP | district-court-discretion extraordinary-reasons first-step-act sentence-reduction sentencing-law statutory-interpretation | (1) WHETHER A COMBINATION OF "EXTRAORDINARY AND COMPELLING REASONS" THAT MAY WARRANT A DISCRETIONARY SENTENCE REDUCTION UNDER 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)U) (… |
| 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… |
| 24-6409 | 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… |
| 24-556 | 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… |
| 24-50 | 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… |
| 23-6384 | Monterial Wesley v. United States | Tenth Circuit | 2023-12-28 | Denied | Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP | circuit-conflict criminal-justice-system due-process extraordinary-reasons prosecutorial-misconduct sentence-reduction sentencing statutory-interpretation | Whether a combination of "extraordinary and compelling reasons" that may warrant a discretionary sentence reduction under 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(1)(A) ca… |
| 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… | |
| 23-5951 | 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… |
| 22-1216 | Dwayne Ferguson v. United States | Fourth Circuit | 2023-06-16 | Denied | Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) | circuit-split criminal-procedure district-court-discretion extraordinary-and-compelling-reasons extraordinary-reasons first-step-act habeas-corpus legal-error sentence-reduction sentencing statutory-interpretation | Whether 28 U.S.C. § 2255 limits a district court's discretion to consider—among other circumstancespecific factors—legal errors in prior proceedings a… |
| 22-6448 | Rickey Thompson v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2023-01-04 | Denied | IFP | case-review civil-rights compelling-circumstances compelling-reasons due-process extraordinary-circumstances extraordinary-reasons judicial-discretion legal-standard petitioner-relief relief standing | Whether extraordinary and compelling reasons exist in granting Petitioner relief in this case? |
| 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. |
| 22-5859 | 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… |
| 22-5192 | 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. |
| 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… |
| 21-7134 | 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… |
| 21-6687 | 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… |
| 21-6594 | 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… |
| 21-6397 | 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… |
| 21-6135 | Jesus Ramirez-Barrera v. United States | Fourth Circuit | 2021-11-02 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | bail community-danger criminal-procedure detention district-court-review due-process extraordinary-reasons judicial-discretion public-safety relief-standard sentencing sentencing-review | I. WHETHER THE DISTRICT COURT ERRED IN DECIDING THAT PETITIONER HAS NOT SHOWN EXTRAORDINARY AND COMPELLING REASONS; AND THAT HE WAS A DANGER TO THE CO… |
| 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… |
| 20-8284 | Harold Gashe v. United States | Eighth Circuit | 2021-06-14 | Denied | Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP | appellate-court-split appellate-review criminal-justice due-process equal-protection extraordinary-reasons judicial-discretion section-3582 sentencing sentencing-disparity statutory-interpretation | Is it fair and equal justice for defendants who present under that the previously harsh 924(c) stacking is an extraordinary and compelling reason dese… |