| 25-6260 |
Richard Johnson v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2025-12-01 |
Pending |
IFP |
district-court extraordinary-and-compelling-reason nonretroactive-law sentence-reduction sentencing-commission u.s.s.g.-amendment |
Whether the United States Sentencing Commission acted within its expressly delegated authority when it amended U.S.S.G. § 1B1.13(b) to permit district… |
| 25-5776 |
Thomas Scott Perkins v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2025-10-01 |
Pending |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
comparative-analysis federal-sentencing judicial-discretion sentencing-commission sentencing-disparity statutory-interpretation |
Whether the detailed Judiciary Sentencing Information (JSIN) statistics compiled by the United States Sentencing Commission are relevant to considerin… |
| 25-5348 |
Hector Cristobal Mejia-Estrada v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2025-08-13 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
constitutional-authority judicial-delegation probation-officer sentencing-commission standard-conditions supervised-release |
Does Standard Condition 12 unconstitutionally delegate judicial authority to the probation officer? |
| 25-5205 |
Jesus Garcia, Jr. v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2025-07-28 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-sentencing federal-sentencing-guidelines judicial-statistics sentencing-commission sentencing-disparity statutory-interpretation |
Whether the detailed Judiciary Sentencing Information (JSIN) statistics compiled by the United States Sentencing Commission are relevant to considerin… |
| 24-7409 |
Pablo Jacobo Felix-Samaniego v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2025-06-12 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-review criminal-sentencing judicial-discretion presumption-of-reasonableness sentencing-commission sentencing-guidelines |
Should the court of appeals indulge a presumption of reasonableness for a within-guideline-range sentence where the Sentencing Commission has subseque… |
| 24-860 |
Johnnie Markel Carter v. United States |
Third Circuit |
2025-02-11 |
Granted |
Amici (6)Relisted (2) |
district-courts extraordinary-and-compelling federal-prisoners nonretroactive-law sentence-reduction sentencing-commission |
Whether the Sentencing Commission acted within its expressly delegated authority by permitting district courts to consider, in narrowly cabined circum… |
| 24-6156 |
Cenious Brewster v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2024-12-17 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-appeal judicial-discretion ninth-circuit presumption-of-reasonableness sentencing-commission sentencing-guidelines |
Whether the Ninth Circuit erred when it created an unprecedented "presumption of reasonableness" for "Judiciary Sentencing INformation" ("JSIN") data … |
| 24-5429 |
Kemnorris Kinsey v. United States |
Second Circuit |
2024-08-30 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
administrative-law agency-interpretation judicial-deference sentencing-commission sentencing-guidelines statutory-construction |
Whether the administrative law principles set forth in Kisor v. Wilkie, 588 U.S. 558 (2019) limit the deference owed to the United States Sentencing C… |
| 24-50 |
Marlo Helmstetter v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-07-17 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
18-usc-3553a 18-usc-3582 compassionate-release concepcion-v-united-states district-court-discretion extraordinary-and-compelling-reasons extraordinary-reasons sentencing-commission sentencing-reduction statutory-interpretation |
Under 18 U.S.C. §3582(c)(1)(A), a defendant who has exhausted his administrative remedies is allowed to file his own motion to reduce his prison sente… |
| 23-7513 |
Russell Foreman v. United States |
Tenth Circuit |
2024-05-20 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
administrative-law agency-interpretation circuit-split deference judicial-deference kisor-v-wilkie sentencing-commission sentencing-guidelines statutory-construction united-states-sentencing-commission |
Whether the administrative law principles articulated in Kisor v. Wilkie, 139 S. Ct. 2400 (2019), limit the deference owed to the United States Senten… |
| 23-7122 |
James Alexander v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-04-02 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
agency-interpretation circuit-split judicial-deference kisor-standard kisor-v-wilkie regulatory-ambiguity sentencing-commission sentencing-guidelines |
Whether the standard for triggering judicial deference to an agency's interpretation of its own regulations, as clarified in Kisor v. Wilkie, 139 S. C… |
| 23-6896 |
Anthony Rimas v. United States |
First Circuit |
2024-03-05 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
18-usc-2256 28-usc-994 congressional-authority law-enforcement-undercover minor minor-definition sentencing-commission statutory-interpretation u.s.c.-interpretation undercover-law-enforcement |
Has the Sentencing Commission overstepped its congressional authority granted it under 28 U.S.C. § 994 when, with no specific congressional directive … |
| 23-6757 |
Bryan Alan Kennert v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2024-02-15 |
Dismissed |
Response WaivedIFP |
actual-loss deference economic-offenses guideline-interpretation intended-loss judicial-deference loss-calculation sentencing-commission sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation |
This case involves the proper application of this Court's decision in Kisor v. Wilkie, 1389 S. Ct. 2400 (2019), in interpreting the United States Sent… |
| 23-6749 |
Craig Alan Morrison v. United States |
Tenth Circuit |
2024-02-14 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
circuit-split criminal-sentencing judicial-interpretation physical-restraint plain-text recurring-issue sentencing-commission sentencing-guidelines victim-definition |
Whether a defendant should receive an increased sentence under U.S.S.G. § 3A1.3 for having "physically restrained" a victim, where the conduct at issu… |
| 23-6486 |
Schuyler Algernon Smith v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-01-17 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
administrative-law agency-deference agency-interpretation criminal-sentencing federal-courts judicial-deference kisor-standard kisor-v-wilkie sentencing-commission sentencing-guidelines supreme-court-precedent |
Whether the standard for triggering judicial deference to an agency's interpretation of its own regulations, as clarified in Kisor v. Wilkie, 139 S. C… |
| 23-6131 |
Eliseo Vaquerano Canas v. United States |
First Circuit |
2023-11-29 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
administrative-agency administrative-law congressional-directive sentencing-commission sentencing-enhancement sentencing-guidelines statutory-authority statutory-interpretation use-of-a-minor use-of-minor-enhancement |
I. Whether the Sentencing Commission exceeded its authority when, contrary to a Congressional directive, it made the "Use of a Minor" sentencing enhan… |
| 23-555 |
Louis A. Wilson v. United States |
District of Columbia |
2023-11-22 |
Denied |
|
18-usc-3582 circuit-split concepcion-v-united-states extraordinary-and-compelling-reasons extraordinary-reasons habeas habeas-corpus non-retroactive-law sentencing-commission sentencing-reduction u-s-sentencing-commission |
Under 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(1)(A), can non-retroactive changes in the law constitute "extraordinary and compelling reasons" authorizing a district court… |
| 23-5875 |
Andres Vargas v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-10-25 |
Denied |
IFP |
agency-interpretation auer-deference circuit-split federal-criminal-sentencing judicial-deference kisor-standard kisor-v-wilkie regulatory-ambiguity sentencing-commission sentencing-guidelines |
Whether the standard for triggering judicial deference to an agency's interpretation of its own regulations, as clarified in Kisor v. Wilkie, 139 S. C… |
| 23-5499 |
Manuel De Jesus Del Cid Bran v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2023-08-31 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3583 abuse-of-discretion criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing deportation discretionary-sentencing sentencing-commission supervised-release |
A district court may not consider retribution when deciding whether to impose a term of supervised release. See Concepcion v. United States, 142 S. Ct… |
| 23-88 |
Jerry L. Brown v. United States |
Seventh Circuit |
2023-07-31 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
circuit-split compassionate-release extraordinary-compelling-reasons first-step-act mandatory-minimum mandatory-minimum-sentence resentencing sentencing-commission sentencing-reduction |
Whether non-retroactive changes in law can be "extraordinary and compelling reasons" warranting resentencing under 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(1)(A). |
| 22-7526 |
Charles Edward Krupalla v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-05-11 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
constitutional-authority delegation-of-authority due-process federal-sentencing-guidelines judicial-delegation probation-officer sentencing-commission separation-of-powers supervised-release |
The United States Sentencing Commission recommends imposing a long list of "standard" conditions of supervised release. Standard Condition 12 reads:
… |
| 22-7258 |
Brian Marc Fraser v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-04-12 |
Denied |
IFP |
aggravated-robbery amendment commission-amendment criminal-classification due-process enumerated-offense robbery robbery-definition sentencing-commission sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation |
L. Whether there is a reasonable probability of a different result if
the court of appeals were permitted to consider the Commission's
Proposed Amendm… |
| 22-6510 |
Daniel Marmolejo v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-01-10 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
constitutional-authority due-process federal-sentencing judicial-authority judicial-delegation probation-officer sentencing-commission separation-of-powers supervised-release |
Does Standard Condition 12 unconstitutionally delegate judicial authority to the probation officer? |
| 22-6246 |
Antonio Osorio-Mendez v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2022-12-07 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
constitutional-authority due-process federal-sentencing judicial-authority judicial-delegation probation-officer sentencing-commission separation-of-powers supervised-release |
Does Standard Condition 12 unconstitutionally delegate judicial authority to the probation officer? |
| 22-5816 |
Tony Lam v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2022-10-12 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
21-usc-841 career-offender conspiracy conspiracy-offense controlled-substance ineffective-assistance legislative-authority legislative-delegation sentencing-commission sentencing-guidelines |
Did trial counsel provide ineffective assistance to his client upon his failure to research, investigate, and object to his client's career offender c… |
| 22-5625 |
Orville Tucker v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2022-09-20 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
3553(a)-factors circuit-split compassionate-release guideline-range non-delegation-doctrine sentencing-commission sentencing-law statutory-interpretation |
1. Did Congress, in 28 U.S.C. § 994(t), delegate complete authority to the U.S. Sentencing Commission to "define" an exclusive list of "extraordinary … |
| 22-5237 |
Heather Marie Newhouse v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2022-08-01 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
administrative-law controlled-substance-offense criminal-law guideline-commentary inchoate-offense inchoate-offenses sentencing-commission sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation |
(1) Whether the United States Sentencing Commission exceeded its authority by adding inchoate offenses to the definition of "controlled substance offe… |
| 22-5156 |
Wilbert McKreith v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2022-07-22 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
compassionate-release criminal-justice-reform criminal-sentencing district-court-authority first-step-act judicial-authority sentencing sentencing-commission statutory-interpretation |
Do district courts have authority to grant compassionate release under 18 U.S.C. 3582(c)(1)(A), as amended by the First Step Act of 2018, based on a c… |
| 21-8238 |
James Seeley v. United States |
Second Circuit |
2022-06-27 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-2252a constitutional-interpretation criminal-procedure due-process fourth-amendment proportionality sentencing-commission sentencing-guidelines sixth-amendment statutory-authority statutory-interpretation |
Question not identified. |
| 21-7804 |
Charles Austin Alger, Jr. v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2022-05-09 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
deprivation deprivation-of-liberty financial-conditions liberty policy-statements sentencing sentencing-commission sentencing-factors statutory-interpretation supervised-release |
Whether the district court violated 18 U.S.C. § 3583(d) when it imposed special financial conditions of supervised release that do not reasonably rela… |
| 21-6956 |
Roman Enrique Delgado-Montoya v. United States |
Tenth Circuit |
2022-01-25 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
bureau-of-prisons circuit-split compassionate-release criminal-sentencing extraordinary-and-compelling-reasons federal-prisoner-relief first-step-act sentencing-commission sentencing-modification statutory-interpretation |
Under 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(1)(A)(i), the district court is limited to the "extraordinary and compelling reasons" given in application note 1 of the com… |
| 21-6937 |
Colin Michael v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2022-01-21 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-review district-court district-court-discretion judicial-presumption rita-v-united-states sentencing sentencing-commission sentencing-guidelines substantive-reasonableness united-states-sentencing-commission |
Should an appellate court automatically presume that a within - or below guideline sentence is substantively reasonable when the underlying rationale … |
| 21-6062 |
Craig Schenvinsky James v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2021-10-22 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
circuit-court-conflict circuit-split criminal-procedure due-process federal-sentencing judicial-review sentencing-commission sentencing-guidelines statutory-construction statutory-interpretation |
I. BECAUSE THERE IS A CONFLICT AMONG THE UNITED STATES CIRCUIT COURTS OF APPEAL OVER THIS MATTER, CAN THE SENTENCING COMMISSION'S COMMENTS TAKE PRECED… |
| 21-5872 |
Antonio Donnel Johnson v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2021-10-04 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
administrative-law controlled-substance controlled-substance-offense guideline-commentary inchoate-offense inchoate-offenses precursor-offense precursor-offenses sentencing-commission sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation |
(1) Whether the United States Sentencing Commission exceeded its authority by adding inchoate and precursor offenses to the definition of "controlled … |
| 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… |
| 20-8402 |
Daniel Chica-Gutierrez v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2021-06-23 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
affirmative-defense collateral-attack criminal-procedure custis-rule federal-statutory-provision sentencing sentencing-commission sentencing-guidelines state-court-conviction statutory-interpretation |
Whether a federal court is permitted to consider an argument that a prior state-court conviction does not satisfy a relevant federal statutory provisi… |
| 20-7878 |
Maci Denon Davis and Joe L. Franklin v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2021-04-28 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
congress congressional-intent discretion district-court eighth-circuit first-step-act sentencing-commission sentencing-guidelines unwarranted-disparities |
Whether the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals incorrectly found that the district court was permitted to tether itself to the United States Sentencing G… |
| 20-7742 |
Deandre Joseph Warren v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2021-04-14 |
Denied |
IFP |
administrative-law controlled-substance controlled-substance-offense guideline-commentary inchoate-offense inchoate-offenses precursor-offense precursor-offenses sentencing-commission sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation |
(1) Whether the United States Sentencing Commission exceeded its authority by adding inchoate and precursor offenses to the definition of "controlled … |
| 20-7099 |
Brandon Lamonte Sorenson v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2021-02-10 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
constitutional-interpretation controlled-substance-offense inchoate-offenses promulgation-of-guidelines sentencing-commission sentencing-guidelines statutory-construction |
Whether enabling the commentary to U.S.S.G. § 4B1.2(b) to expand the guideline definition of "controlled substance offense" to add inchoate offenses n… |
| 20-7085 |
Thomas Hoey, Jr. v. United States |
Second Circuit |
2021-02-08 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
attorney-client-privilege conflict-of-interest constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process harsher-punishment plain-text precedents sentencing-commission sentencing-guidelines |
1-Should lower courts be permitted to interpret the plain text and meaning of sentencing commission's provisions to inflict harsher punishment upon pe… |
| 20-7069 |
Martell Roberts v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2021-02-08 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
administrative-law controlled-substance controlled-substance-offense guideline-commentary inchoate-offense inchoate-offenses precursor-offense precursor-offenses sentencing-commission sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation |
(1) Whether the United States Sentencing Commission exceeded its authority by adding inchoate and precursor offenses to the definition of "controlled … |
| 20-836 |
Marcus Broadway v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2020-12-22 |
Denied |
Amici (1)Relisted (2) |
agency-deference due-process judicial-interpretation kisor-v-wilkie rule-of-lenity sentencing-commission sentencing-guidelines stinson-deference |
(1) Do courts owe deference to the Sentencing Commission's commentary when it expands the scope of the Sentencing Guidelines?
(2) Do the rule of leni… |
| 20-6436 |
Daniel Lovato v. United States |
Tenth Circuit |
2020-11-25 |
Denied |
Amici (2)Relisted (2)IFP |
administrative-law commission-commentary crime-of-violence guideline-interpretation judicial-deference kisor-v-wilkie seminole-rock-deference sentencing-commission sentencing-guidelines statutory-construction statutory-interpretation |
1. Whether courts may defer to Sentencing Commission commentary without first determining that the underlying Guideline is genuinely ambiguous.
2. Wh… |
| 20-6242 |
Devontate Mauryce Davis v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2020-11-05 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3)IFP |
administrative-law controlled-substance-offense guideline-commentary inchoate-offense inchoate-offenses sentencing sentencing-commission statutory-interpretation ussg-4b1.2 |
Whether the United States Sentencing Commission exceeded its authority by adding inchoate offenses to the USSG § 4B1.2(b) definition of "controlled su… |
| 20-6133 |
Theodore David Newcomb v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2020-10-26 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
categorical-approach conspiracy conspiracy-elements controlled-substance controlled-substance-offense eighth-circuit inchoate-offense sentencing-commission statutory-interpretation |
(1) Whether the United States Sentencing Commission exceeded its authority by adding inchoate and precursor offenses to the definition of "controlled … |
| 20-5093 |
Dion Clayborn v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2020-07-16 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
career-offender congressional-intent deference-to-agency drug-trafficking guideline-commentary recidivism sentencing-commission sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation |
Title 28 U.S.C. § 994(h) authorized the Sentencing Commission to promulgate guidelines that, based on legislative history, were intended harshly punis… |
| 20-5031 |
Artemio Ramirez-Arroyo v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-07-10 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3582(c)(2) due-process equal-protection hughes-v-united-states retroactive-amendment retroactive-guideline-amendments sentence-reduction sentencing-commission sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation |
In 2011, the Sentencing Commission changed its policy statement in U.S.S.G. § 1B1.10 to disqualify defendants who received sentences below the Guideli… |
| 19-8235 |
Justin K. Eaton v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2020-04-09 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
beckles-v-us braxton-v-us constitutional-challenge dillon-v-us judicial-review retroactive-effect sentencing-commission sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation |
(1). Since the Sentencing Commission is to serve a similar function to interpreting guidelines as this Court does in interpreting statutes under Braxt… |
| 19-8215 |
Victor Rivera-Munoz v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-04-08 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
circuit-court-interpretation criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing manager-enhancement sanctions sentencing-commission sentencing-guidelines subordinate-authority subordinates supervisor-enhancement supervisor-role |
1. In the a bsence of a definiti on of the terms, can a defendant receive a mana ger,
or sup ervisor enhancement under U.S.S.G. § 3B1. 1 when t he evi… |
| 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… |
| 19-6505 |
Michael Ingram v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2019-11-06 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
21-usc-851 21-usc-851-enhancement 28-usc-2255 28-usc-2255-f-4 federal-law federal-procedure federal-sentencing geographic-disparities geographic-disparity habeas-corpus sentencing-commission sentencing-commission-report statute-of-limitations statutory-interpretation time-limit time-limitation |
Where the United States Sentencing Commission publishes a report summarizing the geographic disparities in the application of the 21 U.S.C. §851 enhan… |
| 19-6149 |
Desmond Williams v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2019-10-03 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
aiding-and-abetting civil-procedure civil-rights commentary conspiracy controlled-substance criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection federal-jurisdiction legal-analysis legal-citation legal-issues legal-research legal-terminology legal-writing sentencing-commission standing |
Whether the Sentencing Commission violated the separation-of-powers doctrine when it added the offenses of conspiring, aiding and abetting, and attemp… |
| 19-6144 |
Tom Smith, III v. United States |
Seventh Circuit |
2019-10-03 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
aiding-and-abetting alternative-elements career-offender conspiracy controlled-substance-offense criminal-attempt divisible-statute sentencing-commission sentencing-commission-mandate sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation statutory-mandate |
I. whether the Sentencing Commission via commentary exceeded its statutory mandate under § 994(h) by includiiig/aiding and abetting, conspiracy, and a… |
| 19-5982 |
Alcadio Caballero De La Torre v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-09-17 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-review criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing data-analysis due-process judicial-discretion reasonableness-review sentencing-commission sentencing-data sentencing-guidelines sentencing-reasonableness statistical-analysis |
This Court should grant this petition to address when, if ever, Sentencing Commission statistical data may be used to evaluate the reasonableness of a… |
| 19-5871 |
Patrick Jones v. United States |
Seventh Circuit |
2019-09-10 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
attempt controlled-substance controlled-substances federal-crime federal-law guidelines-interpretation mandatory-minimum offer-to-sell preparatory-action sentencing-commission sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation substantial-step tenth-circuit-precedent |
1) Did the district court error in increasing Havis base offense level based upon its belief that the Commentary to &4Bli2 appropriately includes atte… |
| 19-5083 |
Aaron Clayton McVea v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-07-05 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
circuit-split criminal-sentencing empirical-basis fifth-circuit fifth-circuit-vs-second-circuit judicial-review methamphetamine-sentencing presumption-of-reasonableness second-circuit sentencing-commission sentencing-guidelines |
Is a sentence imposed under the methamphetamine sentencing guideline –a guideline crafted without benefit of Sentencing Commission expertise or empiri… |
| 18-9379 |
Paul A. Light v. United States |
Second Circuit |
2019-05-22 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
child-pornography criminal-sentencing ineffective-assistance-of-counsel ineffective-counsel judicial-bias non-contact-offenders reasonableness recusal second-circuit sentencing-commission sentencing-guidelines |
I. Whether a sentence imposed pursuant to the child pornography Sentencing Guidelines, on a man whose crime was viewing pornography alone in his home,… |
| 18-8821 |
Sealed Appellant v. Sealed Appellee |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-04-15 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
18-usc-3582 18-usc-3582c2 5k1.1-motion criminal-sentencing judicial-discretion koons-v-united-states mandatory-minimum sentence-reduction sentencing-commission sentencing-guidelines substantial-assistance |
Can a defendant receive a 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(2) sentence reduction when the district court discarded the mandatory minimum because of a substantial-a… |
| 18-8265 |
Bradford D Vol Allen v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2019-03-04 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
21-usc-843b administrative-law auer-deference categorical-approach circuit-split controlled-substance controlled-substance-offense notice-and-comment sentencing-commission sentencing-guidelines separation-of-powers statutory-interpretation |
Whether the Sentencing Commission, without Congressional approval or a notice-and-comment period, may add a crime to the Sentencing Guideline definiti… |
| 18-8010 |
Alimamy Barrie v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2019-02-19 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
amendment-retroactivity criminal-sentencing direct-appeal resentencing sentence-reduction sentencing-commission sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation |
A.
Whether Under 18 U.S.C. S3582 (C) (2) should
the Petitioner be eligible for a resentencing
when two clariying amendments relevent to his
case was e… |
| 18-7557 |
Terveus Hyppolite v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2019-01-24 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3582 career-offender constitutional-challenge criminal-sentencing due-process rule-of-lenity sentencing-commission sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation |
Whether Title 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(2) is unconstitutional in light of Beckles v. United States, 137 S. Ct. 886, 895 (2017)(holding the guidelines are u… |
| 18-6600 |
Ringo Recto Labrador v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2018-11-07 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
circuit-split criminal-sentencing empirical-basis fifth-circuit judicial-review methamphetamine-sentencing presumption-of-reasonableness reasonableness-standard second-circuit sentencing-commission sentencing-guidelines |
Is a sentence imposed under the methamphetamine sentencing guideline–a guideline crafted without benefit of Sentencing Commission expertise or empiric… |
| 18-5913 |
Alfonso Escobedo Garcia v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2018-09-07 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
circuit-split criminal-procedure empirical-basis fifth-circuit judicial-review methamphetamine-sentencing presumption-of-reasonableness reasonableness-review second-circuit sentencing-commission sentencing-guidelines |
Is a sentence imposed under the methamphetamine sentencing guideline–a guideline crafted without benefit of Sentencing Commission expertise or empiric… |
| 18-5893 |
Dan Wayne Streetman v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2018-09-05 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
booker-precedent booker-v-united-states child-pornography gall-v-united-states judicial-discretion kimbrough-v-united-states policy-disagreement sentencing-commission sentencing-discretion sentencing-guidelines sentencing-uniformity separation-of-powers |
1. In the post-Booker world of non-mandatory guidelines, is it an abuse of discretion to refuse to reject a guideline on policy grounds where the guid… |
| 18-5516 |
Isaiah Galbreath v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2018-08-08 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
circuit-split criminal-sentencing empirical-basis fifth-circuit judicial-review methamphetamine methamphetamine-sentencing presumption-of-reasonableness reasonableness-standard second-circuit sentencing-commission sentencing-guidelines |
Is a sentence imposed under the methamphetamine sentencing guideline–a guideline crafted without benefit of Sentencing Commission expertise or empiric… |
| 18-5176 |
In Re Winex Eugene |
|
2018-07-09 |
Denied |
IFP |
actual-innocence article-iii career-offender case-or-controversy categorical-approach constitutional-review redressability residual-clause sentencing-commission sentencing-guidelines separation-of-powers standing standing-civil-procedure |
1) Does Mr. Eugene's incarceration constitute a case involving substantial injury, whereby a controversy requiring Article III exercise of discretion … |