retroactive-sentence-reduction

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
21-5532 Guy Harvey Spruhan, IV v. United States Fourth Circuit 2021-08-31 Denied Response WaivedIFP equal-protection non-delegation-doctrine retroactive-relief retroactive-sentence-reduction sentence-reduction sentencing-commission sentencing-guidelines sentencing-reform-act separation-of-powers 1. Is the limitation in U.S.S.G. § 1B1.10, which prohibits proportional sentence reductions for defendants who have previously received variances or d…
19-6663 Jose Hernandez-Martinez, et al. v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-11-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-3553a 18-usc-3582c2 28-usc-991b 28-usc-994 due-process equal-protection guidelines-policy rational-basis-scrutiny retroactive-amendment retroactive-sentence-reduction sentence-reduction sentencing-commission sentencing-commission-authority sentencing-reform-act Is the Sentencing Commission's delegated authority over retroactive sentence reduction proceedings constrained by the general purposes of the Commissi…