federal-sentencing-law
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| Case | Title | Lower Court | Docketed | Status | Flags | Tags | Question Presented |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25-6925 | Karen Altagracia Perez v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2026-02-27 | Pending | IFP | due-process federal-sentencing-law sentencing-discretion sentencing-guidelines sentencing-variance substantial-assistance | WHETHER THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT COMMITTED ERROR AND VIOLATED THE PETITIONER'S RIGHT TO DUE PROCESS BY IGNORING DECADES OF THIS COURT'S CONTROLLING PRECED… |
| 22-5894 | Terrence Gibbs v. United States | Third Circuit | 2022-10-24 | Denied | Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP | 18-usc-3582 compassionate-release criminal-justice extraordinary-and-compelling extraordinary-circumstances federal-sentencing-law federal-statute judicial-discretion retroactivity sentence-reduction sentencing sentencing-law | Whether non-retroactive changes in federal sentencing law, which dramatically altered sentencing exposure for those later sentenced, comprise "extraor… |
| 20-5903 | Christopher Younger v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2020-10-05 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | appellate-review criminal-sentencing district-court-discretion due-process federal-sentencing-law prison-sentence reasonableness-review sentencing-factors sentencing-guidelines substantive-reasonableness | Whether the district court ordered an unreasonable 120-month prison sentence under the facts of this case, and considering the recommended Sentencing … |
| 18-5193 | William Brown v. United States | First Circuit | 2018-07-10 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | abuse-of-discretion beckles-precedent beckles-v-united-states crime-of-violence due-process federal-sentencing-law johnson-v-united-states procedural-error residual-clause sentencing-guidelines void-for-vagueness | Whether reliance on the "residual clause" of the "crime of violence" definition in the United States Sentencing Guidelines, U.S.S.G. § 4B1.2(a)(2), is… |