sentencing-manipulation

Case	Title	Lower Court	Docketed	Status	Flags	Tags	Question Presented
25-6933	Ismael Camacho v. United States	Eleventh Circuit	2026-03-02	Denied	Response WaivedIFP	appellate-review due-process fundamental-fairness sentencing-guidelines sentencing-manipulation vindictive-sentencing	Whether the calculation of appellant Camacho's offense level at re-sentencing following the vacatur of one count of the Complaint violates due process…
22-5680	Wigberto Viera v. United States	Second Circuit	2022-09-26	Denied	Response WaivedIFP	drug-sting due-process judicial-authority mandatory-minimum reverse-sting sentencing-manipulation separation-of-powers stash-house	Whether this Court should recognize the defense of sentencing manipulation, in accordance with the majority of Courts of Appeals, and rule that senten…
19-7356	James H. Griffin v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al.	Eleventh Circuit	2020-01-22	Denied	Response WaivedIFP	constitutional-claim criminal-procedure downward-departure due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-review law-enforcement procedural-due-process sentencing sentencing-manipulation	Did the lower federal courts deny Appellant's Brady Petition without affording a full and fair hearing concerning the claim that his counsel was ineff…