retroactive-sentencing
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| Case | Title | Lower Court | Docketed | Status | Flags | Tags | Question Presented |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21-7238 | Holli Wrice v. United States | Seventh Circuit | 2022-03-01 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 18-usc-3582 3553(a)-factors compassionate-release congressional-intent criminal-justice-reform criminal-procedure extraordinary-and-compelling extraordinary-circumstances retroactive-sentencing sentencing-reduction sentencing-reform statutory-interpretation | 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(1)(A)(i) allows district courts to reduce a defendant's sentence, based on a finding of extraordinary and compelling reasons, afte… |
| 21-6160 | Dennis Dean Smith v. United States | Eighth Circuit | 2021-11-03 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 8th-amendment civil-rights criminal-justice-reform cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process equal-protection first-step-act prior-convictions retroactive-sentencing sentencing sentencing-guidelines substantial-changes | 1) Has the Eleventh Amendment barred the federal courts from exercising jurisdiction over this case where the state has been sued in federal court to … |
| 20-1479 | Eddie Houston, Jr. v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2021-04-21 | GVR | Amici (2)Relisted (2) | 18-usc-3553(a) 18-usc-3553a criminal-resentencing criminal-sentencing first-step-act judicial-discretion reduced-sentence retroactive-sentencing sentencing-factors statutory-interpretation | Whether a sentencing court must consider applicable sentencing factors codified in 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a) when deciding whether to impose a reduced sente… |
| 20-6870 | Antonio Harris v. United States | Eighth Circuit | 2021-01-13 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | crack-cocaine criminal-justice-reform first-step-act judicial-discretion mandatory-minimum mandatory-minimums retroactive-sentencing sentence-reduction sentencing-guidelines | Can federal judges ignore the current United States Sentencing Guidelines calculation when considering whether to reduce a sentence for a "covered off… |
| 20-5753 | Kunta Kenta Redd v. United States | Fourth Circuit | 2020-09-18 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | crack-cocaine-sentencing due-process first-step-act retroactive-sentencing sentencing-guidelines sixth-amendment statutory-retroactivity | Whether we, the Petitioner, is entitled to Belief from denial 404 motion at the District Court level in light of the First Step Act, December 21st, 20… |
| 20-5417 | Rasheed Lamar Robinson v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2020-08-19 | Denied | Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP | certificate-of-appealability criminal-procedure due-process eighth-amendment federal-habeas-corpus felony-convictions national-importance retroactive-sentencing | Whether Petitioner's enhanced sentence based on a retroactively erased felony violates Due Process of Law, and the denial of a Certificate of Appealab… |
| 19-7430 | Richard L. Bryant v. United States | Fourth Circuit | 2020-01-27 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | alleyne apprendi apprendi-alleyne apprendi-alleyne-rule drug-distribution-conspiracy fair-sentencing-act fair-sentencing-act-2010 first-step-act first-step-act-2018 relevant-conduct retroactive-sentencing sentencing-reduction statutory-ranges | 1. Whether a Defendant convicted by a jury of a drug distribution conspiracy involving multiple controlled substances, whose sentence has never been r… |
| 18-8778 | Fred Huffman v. Dana Metzger, Warden, et al. | Third Circuit | 2019-04-10 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | americans-with-disabilities-act constitutional-amendment criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process equal-justice ex-post-facto-law judicial-vindictiveness redress-of-grievance retroactive-sentencing time-bar | Absent a constitutional amendment promulgated by the U.S. Congress, under what circumstances {if any} does a legislative body have a lawful right to a… |
| 18-5498 | Willie Beasley Curtis v. Michigan | Michigan | 2018-08-07 | Denied | IFP | 14th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights direct-appeal due-process ex-post-facto habeas-corpus habitual-offender plea-bargain plea-bargain-standards retroactive-sentencing standing sua-sponte unprecedented-error | Question # 1. MY CLAIM OF ERROR IS UNPRECEDENTED IN ANY U.S. COURT TO DATE. IS IT NOT THE SUPREME COURT'S DUTY TO CONSIDER UNPRECEDENTED ERRORS THAT A… |