racial-disparities
5 cases — ← All topics
| Case | Title | Lower Court | Docketed | Status | Flags | Tags | Question Presented |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23-5812 | Jurmaine A. Jeffries v. United States | Sixth Circuit | 2023-10-17 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | burrage-v-united-states criminal-law criminal-sentencing drug-offense due-process mens-rea proximate-causation racial-disparities sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation | After this Court's decision in Burrage v. United States, 571 U.S. 204 (2014), the Circuit Courts have accepted that "death results" in 21 U.S.C. 841(b… |
| 21-5669 | Thomas Woods v. Nelson Alves, Superintendent, Massachusetts Correctional Institution at Norfolk | First Circuit | 2021-09-14 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 5th-amendment adversarial-system compelled-testimony constitutional-rights criminal-trial due-process fifth-amendment grand-jury racial-disparities self-incrimination | 1) Where a target of a grand jury investigation is compelled under threat of the pains and penalties of the law to appear to testify at the grand jury… |
| 21-5011 | Anthony Farmer v. United States | First Circuit | 2021-07-06 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 18-usc-3553 abuse-of-discretion criminal-justice criminal-law federal-sentencing judicial-discretion public-confidence racial-disparities racial-disparity sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation | Whether, under 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a)(6), a district court can or should consider the need to avoid unwarranted racial disparities in sentencing among de… |
| 20-7887 | Ronnie Spells v. United States | Second Circuit | 2021-04-29 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | crack-cocaine discretion first-step-act judicial-discretion mandatory-minimums racial-disparities sentencing sentencing-reduction statutory-interpretation systemic-racism | Whether District Court Judge Castel and the Second Circuit Appeals Court perpetuated continued systemic racism by contending that Congress left out th… |
| 18-6036 | Donald S. Harden v. United States | Seventh Circuit | 2018-09-19 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | causation criminal-statute drug-trafficking mandatory-life-imprisonment mandatory-sentencing proximate-cause racial-disparities rule-of-lenity sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation strict-liability | This Court granted certiorari in Burrage v. United States, 569 U.S. 957 (2013), to decide two questions concerning the "death results" sentencing enha… |