mitigating-arguments
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| Case | Title | Lower Court | Docketed | Status | Flags | Tags | Question Presented |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22-7517 | Phillip Daniel Love v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2023-05-10 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | circuit-split district-court-explanation holguin-hernandez-v-united-states mitigating-arguments mitigation-arguments preservation-of-error rita-v-united-states sentencing-arguments sentencing-procedure standard-of-review | When a district court rejects a party's nonfrivolous sentencing argument, the court is required to explain why. Rita v. United States, 551 U.S. 338, 3… |
| 22-7035 | Brian Keith Person, Jr. v. United States | Fourth Circuit | 2023-03-17 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | fourth-circuit harmless-error mitigating-arguments procedural-error sentencing standard-of-review supervised-release | I. Whether the Fourth Circuit Erred By Applying a "Plainly Unreasonable" Standard of Review for Mr. Person's Supervised Release Violation Sentence ins… |