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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
21-6921 Sedale Pervis v. United States Second Circuit 2022-01-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-3553(a) criminal-law criminal-sentencing district-court family-impact judicial-discretion mitigating-factor procedural-background respect-for-law respect-for-the-law sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation The touchstone statu te for criminal sentencing, 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a), provides that a sentence must promote respect for the law. However, "respect for…