| 25-6636 |
Donnie Bryant v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2026-01-21 |
Pending |
IFP |
18-usc-3582 924c-convictions extraordinary-compelling-reasons first-step-act juvenile-sentencing sentence-modification |
1. Should a defendant's juvenile status at the time of the offense qualify as an extraordinary and compelling reason for a modification of a term of i… |
| 25-5880 |
Derrick Gregory James v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections |
Eleventh Circuit |
2025-10-15 |
Denied |
IFP |
constitutional-rights criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process judicial-review sentence-modification |
"What constitutes the legal meaning of the word "Active"?
Does a Double Jeopardy Violation, and Due Process Violation Occur Whenever a Dept. of Corre… |
| 25A225 |
Terrance Douglas Baker v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2025-08-26 |
Presumed Complete |
|
appellate-review criminal-procedure due-process mandate-compliance sentence-modification sentencing-enhancement |
Question not identified. |
| 23-7440 |
Michael Paul Puzey v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2024-05-09 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
bureau-of-prisons compassionate-release criminal-justice-reform federal-sentencing first-step-act judicial-review rehabilitation sentence-modification sentencing statutory-interpretation |
"Balancing Justice and Compassion: A Case for Revisiting Compassionate Release under the First Step Act" |
| 23A483 |
Salvador Magluta v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2023-11-29 |
Presumed Complete |
|
acquitted-conduct circuit-split compassionate-release sentence-modification sentencing-guidelines solitary-confinement |
Question not identified. |
| 23-6019 |
Luis Olivares v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2023-11-16 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3582 criminal-sentencing district-court district-court-discretion exceptional-circumstances fair-sentencing-act sentence-modification statutory-interpretation |
WHETHER THE FAIR SENTENCING ACT, 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(1)(A), PERMITS A DISTRICT COURT TO MODIFY MR. OLIVARES UNUSUALLY LONG SENTENCE IN THIS EXCEPTIONA… |
| 23-354 |
Wolfgang Von Vader v. United States |
Seventh Circuit |
2023-10-03 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
18-usc-3582 changes-in-law criminal-sentencing extraordinary-and-compelling-reasons extraordinary-circumstances federal-criminal-law judicial-discretion sentence-modification sentence-reduction sentencing-reduction statutory-interpretation |
Whether courts may consider changes in the law in assessing whether "extraordinary and compelling reasons" warrant a sentence reduction under section … |
| 22-6324 |
Matthew Ruben Hernandez v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2022-12-16 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
abuse-of-discretion Bureau-of-Prisons civil-procedure discretionary-review extraordinary-and-compelling-reason medical-conditions pandemic pandemic-impact sentence-modification statutory-interpretation |
Did the District Court abuse its discretion and misconstrue the law in determining that the Bureau of Prisons' failure to manage Mr. Hernandez's sever… |
| 22-5934 |
Gemar Morgan v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2022-10-28 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
compassionate-release constitutional-due-process covid-19 criminal-justice-reform first-step-act health-conditions judicial-discretion retroactive-application sentence-modification sentencing-reform sentencing-reform-act statutory-interpretation |
Question not identified. |
| 22-5878 |
William D. King v. United States |
Seventh Circuit |
2022-10-20 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
18-usc-3582 circuit-split extraordinary-and-compelling extraordinary-compelling-reason judicial-decisions judicial-discretion legal-developments sentence-modification statutory-interpretation |
When, whether deciding if a defendant has presented an "extraordinary and
compelling" reason for a sentence modification under 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(1)(… |
| 21-8198 |
Ruben Cabrera Saucedo v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2022-06-22 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-procedure davis-precedent district-court-discretion double-jeopardy motion-to-vacate sentence-modification sentencing unconstitutional unconstitutional-conviction united-states-v-davis |
Whether, after a motion to vacate sentence is granted on a
conviction that is unconstitutional under United States v. Davis, 139 S.
Ct. 2319 (2019), a… |
| 21-7389 |
John Peyton Alexander, II v. Mississippi |
Mississippi |
2022-03-16 |
Dismissed |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-rights due-process federal-prisoner habeas-corpus in-forma-pauperis parole post-conviction-relief sentence-computation sentence-modification standing supreme-court-precedent unconstitutional-statute |
Question not identified. |
| 21-5508 |
Marc Norfleet v. John R. Baldwin, et al. |
Seventh Circuit |
2021-08-27 |
Denied |
IFP |
18-U.S.C.-3582 access-to-courts civil-rights compassionate-release due-process equal-protection federal-sentencing indigent-status prisoner-rights sanctions sentence-modification statutory-interpretation |
Upon 8/04/15 (9) Court's Denial of Petitioner's Constitutional Violation of Petitioner's USC Fourteenth Amendment due process Clause, equal protection… |
| 20-7637 |
Derrick Gregory James v. Florida Department of Corrections |
Florida |
2021-04-02 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
corrections-department cruel-and-unusual-punishment double-jeopardy due-process ex-post-facto fifth-amendment habeas-corpus judicial-discretion sentence-modification sentencing |
Can A Stale Corrections Arbitrarily Change A Defendant 's Prison Sentence
Nearly Two Decades Later, Even After Having Initionaliy Structured Said Cou… |
| 19-7940 |
Luis Fernandez Morales v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2020-03-10 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3582 28-usc-1915 appeals appellate-procedure criminal-appeal criminal-procedure federal-courts in-forma-pauperis merits-determination sentence-modification sentencing statutory-interpretation |
Whether defendant in a federal criminal case is entitled to appeal the district court's judgment denying motion to modify sentence under 18 U.S.C. § 3… |
| 18-9734 |
Hector Dominguez-Gabriel, aka Kinko, aka John Richard Bellefleur v. United States |
Second Circuit |
2019-06-19 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
abuse-of-discretion compassionate-release criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing federal-courts federal-sentencing judicial-discretion sentence-modification sentencing-guidelines sentencing-relief statutory-interpretation |
WHETHER THE LOWER COURT(S) ABUSED ITS DISCRETION WHEN IT DENIED APPELLANT SECTION 3582(c)(2) RELIEF? |
| 18-9407 |
Humberto Verduzco-Magana v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-05-23 |
Denied |
IFP |
appeal appellate-waiver circuit-court conformity judgment-correction oral-pronouncement sentence-modification sentencing written-judgment |
Whether a written appellate waiver giving up the right to appeal any portion of the sentence waive the right to ask the Circuit to conform the written… |
| 18-9135 |
Joseph Malcomb v. Pennsylvania |
Pennsylvania |
2019-05-03 |
Denied |
IFP |
criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing felony-classification judicial-discretion judicial-review legislative-amendment legislative-changes offense-gravity-score sentence-modification sentencing-reduction statutory-interpretation |
Was the Petitioner entitled to a sentence Modification / Reduction of (10) years when the (O.G.S.) offense gravity score was changed from Felony (1) t… |
| 18-8604 |
Ivan Vazquez-Gonzalez v. United States |
Seventh Circuit |
2019-03-28 |
Denied |
IFP |
28-usc-2255 appeals criminal-procedure federal-criminal-procedure habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance right-to-counsel rule-35 sentence-modification sentencing statute-of-limitations |
I. May a district court's modification of sentence under Rule 35, Fed. R. Crim. P., be treated as resetting the one-year clock under 28 U.S.C. §2255(0… |
| 18-8322 |
In Re Richard Madkins |
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2019-03-07 |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process false-imprisonment federal-jurisdiction fourteenth-amendment habeas-corpus jurisdiction sentence-modification sentencing-modification state-jurisdiction unlawful-detention |
WHETHER IT WOULD RESULT IN A FUNDAMENTAL MISCARRIAGE OF JUSTICE IF FAILURE TO ENTERTAIN PETITIONER CONSTITUTIONAL CLAIMS;
1.That the State of Tenness… |
| 18-7346 |
Mark Raymond Ford, aka Dred, aka Benjamin Lee Green, aka Donald Wray v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2019-01-10 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
booker-decision criminal-sentencing due-process retroactive-rule retroactivity sentence-modification sentencing-guidelines sentencing-reform-act statutory-interpretation united-states-v-booker |
I. Whether The Lower Court Denial Of Modification Of Sentence Under 18 U.S.C. §3582(c)(2) Based On A Mandatory Guidelines Range Departure's Sentence V… |
| 18-7348 |
Edgar Arnold Garcia v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2019-01-10 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3582 18-USC-3582c2 criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing dillon-v-united-states district-court-discretion due-process legal-error sentence-modification sentencing sentencing-guidelines sentencing-methodology statutory-interpretation statutory-maximum |
WHETHER, DILLON v. UNITED STATES, 560 U.S. 817 (2010), REQUIRES A DISTRICT COURT TO REEVALUATE ITS ORIGINAL SENTENCING METHODOLOGY IN STEP TWO OF THE … |