| 25-6599 |
Harry Whitman v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2026-01-15 |
Pending |
IFP |
criminal-resentencing extraordinary-compelling-reasons first-step-act mandatory-minimum sentencing-reduction statutory-interpretation |
Whether the fact that a prisoner is serving a sentence that is significantly longer than the law would now permit, in light of the First Step Act's no… |
| 25-6568 |
James Dorelus v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2026-01-13 |
Pending |
Response WaivedIFP |
constitutional-rights double-jeopardy drug-trafficking firearm-offense safety-valve sentencing-reduction |
Where a defendant pleads guilty to the crime of carrying a firearm during and in relation to a drug trafficking crime in violation of 18 USC § 924(c)(… |
| 25-5848 |
Cedric Milburn v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2025-10-09 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
circuit-split criminal-procedure due-process government-cooperation rule-35b sentencing-reduction |
There is a conflict among the United States Courts of Appeals regarding the proper interpretation of Federal Rue of Criminal Procedure 35(b).
The que… |
| 25-81 |
Lois Jochinto Orta v. United States, et al. |
Sixth Circuit |
2025-07-22 |
Pending |
|
circuit-split district-court-discretion extraordinary-compelling-reasons first-step-act sentencing-reduction statutory-interpretation |
Whether, as four circuits permit but six others prohibit, a district court may consider disparities created by the First Step Act's prospective change… |
| 25-5054 |
Eural Black v. United States |
Seventh Circuit |
2025-07-08 |
Pending |
IFP |
circuit-split compassionate-release extraordinary-reasons first-step-act mandatory-minimum sentencing-reduction |
The compassionate-release statute permits courts to reduce a prisoner's sentence if the court finds that "extraordinary and compelling reasons" warran… |
| 24A1001 |
Malcom Anwar Williams v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2025-04-18 |
Presumed Complete |
|
18-U.S.C.-section-3582 circuit-split compassionate-release criminal-history rehabilitation-evidence sentencing-reduction |
This case concerns whether a motion for compassionate release filed under 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(1)(A)(i) may be denied based solely on a defendant's cri… |
| 24-6784 |
Jose Sanchez Adame v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2025-03-17 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3582 due-process equal-protection guideline-amendment pro-se-petition sentencing-reduction |
1. Whether a district court may point to documents on the record that a defendant has complained of not having recieved as the only iustification for … |
| 24-6730 |
Richard David Degout v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2025-03-10 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
constitutional-law criminal-procedure drug-offenses due-process first-step-act sentencing-reduction |
This Court should GVR tnis case to the lower court to aadress whether the procedural protections enshrined m the Due Process of Law allows a criminal … |
| 24-6603 |
Michael Lee Gordon v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2025-02-20 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
compassionate-release criminal-procedure first-step-act retroactive-application sentencing-reduction statutory-interpretation |
1. Whether or not the "reduced" penalties pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 3553, commonly referred to as "Hazelwood" or as was amended and specified by Congres… |
| 24-820 |
Daniel Rutherford v. United States |
Third Circuit |
2025-02-03 |
Granted |
Amici (7)Relisted (2) |
circuit-split compassionate-release extraordinary-compelling-reasons first-step-act sentencing-reduction statutory-interpretation |
The compassionate-release statute permits courts
to reduce a prisoner's sentence if the court finds that
"extraordinary and compelling reasons" warr… |
| 24-6260 |
Chris Walker v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2025-01-10 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
fair-sentencing-act fifth-circuit-standard first-step-act intervening-changes legal-review sentencing-reduction |
The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals held that a district court did not need to consider the merits of a defendant's motion for sentence reduction under… |
| 24-6131 |
Kristopher Jacob Freda v. Oregon |
Oregon |
2024-12-12 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
bureau-of-prisons compassionate-release discretionary-relief extraordinary-circumstances first-step-act sentencing-reduction |
1) If the petitioner is really scared, scared, scared, scared, scared, scared, scared, scared, scared, scared, scared, scared, scared, scared, scared,… |
| 24-6126 |
Joel S. Elliott v. United States |
Tenth Circuit |
2024-12-11 |
Pending |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3)IFP |
circuit-split discretionary-sentence extraordinary-compelling-reasons federal-criminal-law sentencing-reduction statutory-interpretation |
Whether a combination of "extraordinary and compelling reasons" that may warrant a discretionary sentence reduction under 18 U.S.C. § 3582(¢)(1)(A) ca… |
| 24-6072 |
John Rogers v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2024-12-04 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-procedure defendant-conduct Does U.S.S.G. §3E1.1 apply when a defendant has vo plea-agreement sentencing-guidelines sentencing-reduction voluntary-termination |
1. Whether the two clauses in 18 U.S.C. §924(c) creates two separate crimes or a single crime and whether the conflation of the elements of the two di… |
| 24-5822 |
Fernando De La Torre v. United States |
Seventh Circuit |
2024-10-25 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-justice-reform first-step-act incarceration-policy judicial-discretion rehabilitation sentencing-reduction |
(1) Should His Supreme Court overturn The appollate Court's decision to bypass appellote review — Cov Glouse of discretion ?
(2) Does: Concepcion per… |
| 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… |
| 24-5016 |
Michael Medina v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-07-08 |
GVR |
Relisted (2)IFP |
circuit-split criminal-justice-reform first-step-act mandatory-minimum post-conviction-relief resentencing retroactivity sentencing-reduction sentencing-reform statutory-interpretation |
The First Step Act (FSA) significantly reduced the
mandatory minimum sentences for several federal drug
and firearm offenses. First Step Act of 2018, … |
| 23-1150 |
Corey Deyon Duffey and Jarvis Dupree Ross v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-04-23 |
Judgment Issued |
Relisted (2) |
appellate-review circuit-split criminal-resentencing criminal-sentencing first-step-act judicial-resentencing judicial-vacatur retroactivity sentencing-reduction statutory-interpretation |
Whether the First Step Act's sentencing reduction provisions apply to a defendant originally sentenced before the First Step Act's enactment when that… |
| 23-7196 |
Adam Carson v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2024-04-10 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
constitutional-rights first-impression ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel lafler-v-cooper missouri-v-frye plea-bargaining plea-offer sentencing-reduction sixth-amendment |
I. If the court holds a hearing to put a PLEA PROPOSAL on the record, and the Government OFFERS a 3 point deduction for acceptance of responsibility i… |
| 23-1002 |
Tony R. Hewitt v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-03-12 |
Judgment Issued |
Amici (2)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) |
circuit-split criminal-law first-step-act judicial-vacatur mandatory-minimum post-enactment-sentencing retroactivity sentencing sentencing-reduction statutory-interpretation |
Whether the First Step Act's sentencing reduction provisions apply to a defendant originally sentenced before the FSA's enactment when that original s… |
| 23-890 |
In Re Batia Zareh |
|
2024-02-20 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
bilingual-election bilingual-requirements circuit-split compassionate-release constitutional-discrimination constitutional-law due-process election-law election-requirements equal-protection equal-protection
23-88" extraordinary-compelling-reasons first-step-act language-minority mandatory-minimum-sentence national-origin sentencing-reduction voting-rights Whether non-retroactive changes in law can be 'ext |
Whether the Bilingual Election Requirements
(52 U.S.C. §10503) of the Voting Rights Act of 1965
(52 U.S.C. §10301, et. sec.) by authorizing coverage
a… |
| 23-6600 |
Richard Daniel v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2024-01-29 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
circuit-split covered-offense discretionary-sentencing fair-sentencing-act first-step-act sentencing-discretion sentencing-package-doctrine sentencing-reduction |
Where a defendant was sentenced for multiple offenses, some of which are now covered by § 404 of the First Step Act while others are not covered, does… |
| 23-6466 |
Edgar Lerma Flores, aka Carlos Alberto Penuelas Rodriguez, aka Carlos Alberto Pencelas Rodriguez v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2024-01-11 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3582 abuse-of-discretion extraordinary-compelling-reason extraordinary-reason guideline-ranges methamphetamine-disparity methamphetamine-purity sentencing-guidelines sentencing-reduction sixth-circuit |
Can the disparity in Guideline ranges for offenses involving substance containing methamphetamine and those involving a pure methamphetamine be consid… |
| 23-6445 |
Calvin Solomon v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2024-01-09 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
apprendi-v-new-jersey crack-cocaine-law crack-cocaine-sentencing discretionary-review eleventh-circuit first-step-act judicial-discretion sentencing-guidelines sentencing-reduction |
Section 404 of the First Step Act of 2018 sets out two steps to determine whether the imposition of a reduced sentence is warranted for a defendant pr… |
| 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… |
| 23-6098 |
Ricardo Dinnall v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2023-11-22 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-review criminal-justice criminal-procedure district-court federal-sentencing first-step-act judicial-discretion sentencing-reduction sentencing-reform statutory-interpretation |
Whether Concepcion v. United States, 142 S. Ct. 2389 (2022), requires district courts to consider all nonfrivolous arguments raised by the parties in … |
| 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 … |
| 23-341 |
Bobby Lee Ingram v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2023-10-02 |
Denied |
Relisted (2) |
apprendi-v-new-jersey concepcion-v-united-states drug-quantity eleventh-circuit fair-sentencing-act first-step-act sentencing sentencing-reduction statutory-penalty terry-v-united-states |
1. Whether the Eleventh Circuit has violated Terry in holding that, at step one, district courts should disregard the "elements" of a defendant's offe… |
| 23-5556 |
William L. Gladney v. United States |
Tenth Circuit |
2023-09-12 |
Denied |
IFP |
circuit-split crack-cocaine federal-sentencing first-step-act offense-grouping rico sentencing sentencing-reduction statutory-interpretation |
May district courts reduce the sentence of those convicted of covered and non-covered offenses under the First Step Act, when the offenses intertwined… |
| 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). |
| 23-5228 |
Patrick Frederick Williams v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2023-07-27 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
abuse-of-discretion appellate-review circuit-split first-step-act procedural-reasonableness section-404 sentencing-reduction substantive-reasonableness |
Where a district court exercises its discretion under Section 404(b) of the First Step Act to deny a sentence reduction to a defendant with a "covered… |
| 23-5198 |
Richard Potts v. United States |
Third Circuit |
2023-07-26 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-justice-reform criminal-sentencing discretionary-authority district-court-discretion fair-sentencing-act first-step-act sentencing sentencing-reduction statutory-interpretation statutory-penalty |
First Question
Whether the Fair Sentencing Act modified the
statutory penalty for petitioner's offense,
so that petitioner is eligible for a sentenc… |
| 23-5170 |
Peter Robert Jordan, aka Richard Mercer v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2023-07-21 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
aggregate-sentence covered-counts criminal-law criminal-sentencing federal-sentencing first-step-act judicial-discretion non-covered-counts sentencing-reduction statutory-interpretation |
Whether Section 404(b) of the First Step Act authorizes the lower courts to impose a reduced aggregate sentence on both covered and non-covered counts… |
| 23-27 |
Michael Harper v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2023-07-10 |
Denied |
|
apprendi-v-new-jersey circuit-split criminal-resentencing drug-quantity fair-sentencing-act first-step-act judicial-discretion sentencing sentencing-reduction statutory-penalty terry-v-united-states |
Under the First Step Act of 2018, courts may reduce certain previously imposed sentences to match the penalties in the Fair Sentencing Act of 2010. Th… |
| 23-5014 |
Jamie Williams v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2023-07-03 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
apprendi apprendi-rule crack-cocaine-law crack-cocaine-sentencing discretionary-relief eleventh-circuit first-step-act judicial-discretion sentencing-facts sentencing-reduction |
Section 404 of the First Step Act of 2018 sets out two steps to
determine whether the imposition of a reduced sentence is warranted for
a defendant pr… |
| 22-1239 |
Michael Jerome Files v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2023-06-26 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
concurrent-sentences crack-cocaine crack-cocaine-offenses district-court-discretion first-step-act powder-cocaine sentencing sentencing-reduction statutory-interpretation |
Does § 404 of the First Step Act authorize district courts to impose a reduced sentence for both crack-cocaine offenses and related offenses that are … |
| 22-7791 |
Clark Downs v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2023-06-15 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
15-year-old circuit-court-review criminal-procedure drug-offense federal-sentencing interstate-commerce safety-valve sentencing-guidelines sentencing-reduction sexual-exploitation visual-depiction |
WHETHER THE EVIDENCE WAS LEGALLY INSUFFICIENT AS TO THE INTERSTATE COMMERCE ELEMENT ON COUNT ONE, WHICH CHARGED SEXUAL EXPLOITATION OF A FIFTEEN YEAR … |
| 22-7792 |
Diante Turman v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2023-06-15 |
Denied |
IFP |
appellate-review armed-career-criminal-act circuit-court-review circuit-split controlled-substance-offense criminal-conviction criminal-procedure district-court-discretion drug-offense drug-schedule drug-schedules federal-sentencing federal-sentencing federal-sentencing
22-7791" mcneill-precedent mcneill-v-united-states safety-valve sentencing-guidelines sentencing-reduction Whether the district court erred at sentencing in |
Congress and the U.S. Sentencing Commission require judges to impose criminal sentences that take account of a penalty range advised by the Sentencing… |
| 22-7728 |
Warren Lavell Jackson v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2023-06-08 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
apprendi-rule apprendi-v-new-jersey concepcion-v-united-states crack-cocaine-law crack-cocaine-sentencing discretionary-relief eleventh-circuit first-step-act sentencing-reduction terry-v-united-states |
Do this Court's First Step Act precedents admit of the uniquely Eleventh Circuit's intermediate step whereby, for the discrete group of individuals st… |
| 22-7734 |
Christopher Alexander v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-06-08 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process first-step-act resentencing sentencing sentencing-reduction statutory-interpretation |
Reduction of Sentence, Pursuant to Section 404 of the
First Step Act of 2018, requires a Plenary Resentencing to provide
procedural and substantial Du… |
| 22-7303 |
Patrick Dewayne Smith v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2023-04-17 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
compassionate-release extraordinary-and-compelling extraordinary-circumstances federal-law-change first-step-act mandatory-life-sentence mandatory-minimum retroactivity sentencing-reduction sentencing-reform |
Whether non-retroactive changes in federal law can serve as "extraordinary and compelling reasons" warranting a sentence reduction under 18 U.S.C. § 3… |
| 22-6137 |
Bryan Thornton v. United States |
Third Circuit |
2022-11-22 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing district-court first-step-act intervening-legal-developments legal-developments retroactivity section-404(b) sentencing-reduction statutory-interpretation |
1.) The question presented here is the same as that presented in Concepcion v. United States, No. 20-1650, on which this Court granted certiorari on S… |
| 22-5470 |
Larry Marlowe Chambers v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2022-08-30 |
Denied |
IFP |
appellate-review concepcion-v-united-states criminal-resentencing district-court first-step-act judicial-discretion remand sentencing-reduction statutory-interpretation |
Whether a district court commits reversible error by issuing contradictory analyses for reductions under § 404 of the First Step Act without clear exp… |
| 21-7859 |
Brandis Nicole Fish v. United States |
Tenth Circuit |
2022-05-13 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3553 18-usc-3582 compassionate-release district-court-review first-time-offender medical-records non-violent-offender sentence-reduction sentencing-reduction statutory-interpretation ussg-guidelines |
1. ) DID DISTRICT COURT THOROUGHLY REVIEW PETITIONER FISH'S REQUEST FOR " COMPASSIONATE
RELEASE',' PURSUANT TO POLICY USSG 1B1.13?
2. ) DID THE DISTR… |
| 21-1414 |
Barton Ray Crandall v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2022-05-04 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
18-usc-3582(c)(1)(A) 18-usc-924(c) criminal-law criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing extraordinary-and-compelling-reasons extraordinary-circumstances federal-sentencing judicial-discretion sentence-reduction sentencing-reduction statutory-interpretation |
Whether a district court may consider the 2018
amendment to the sentences mandated by 18 U.S.C.
§ 924(c) in determining whether a defendant has
shown … |
| 21-7700 |
Ronald Hunter v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2022-04-26 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3582 criminal-sentencing district-court district-court-discretion extraordinary-and-compelling extraordinary-compelling-reasons rehabilitation sentencing-guidelines sentencing-law sentencing-reduction statutory-interpretation |
Under 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(1)(A)(i), a district court may "reduce [a] term of imprisonment" upon "motion of the defendant" if it finds that "extraordin… |
| 21-7701 |
Francisco Rosales Hernandez v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2022-04-26 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
advisory-guidelines advisory-range criminal-procedure district-court extraordinary-compelling-reasons judicial-discretion molina-martinez-v-united-states ninth-circuit plain-error remand remand
21-7700" rosales-mireles-v-united-states sentencing-guidelines sentencing-law sentencing-reduction statutory-interpretation Whether a district court may consider nonretroacti |
When should a case be remanded for resentencing under the plain-error standard of review if the district court failed to announce its calculation of t… |
| 21-7674 |
Jamie Allen v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2022-04-21 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-review criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing district-court due-process fourth-circuit reversible-error sentencing-guidelines sentencing-reduction statutory-interpretation |
WHETHER THE FOURTH CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS ERRED BY REFUSING TO HEAR MR. ALLEN'S MERITORIOUS CLAIMS THAT THE DISTRICT COURT COMMITTED REVERSIBLE ERRO… |
| 21-1274 |
Bobby Lee Ingram v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2022-03-21 |
GVR |
Relisted (4) |
criminal-justice-reform district-court-discretion first-step-act judicial-discretion legal-developments retroactivity sentencing sentencing-reduction statutory-interpretation |
Whether, when deciding if it should "impose a reduced sentence" on an individual under Section 404(b) of the First Step Act of 2018, a district court … |
| 21-7368 |
Antwan Boyd v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2022-03-15 |
GVR |
Relisted (2)IFP |
criminal-justice-reform district-court-discretion first-step-act intervening-legal-developments legal-developments retroactivity sentencing sentencing-reduction statutory-interpretation |
Whether, when deciding if it should "impose a reduced sentence"
on an individual under Section 404(b) of the First Step Act of 2018, a
district court … |
| 21-1208 |
Eric Andrews v. United States |
Third Circuit |
2022-03-04 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
18-usc-3582 18-usc-924c circuit-split criminal-sentencing district-court-discretion extraordinary-and-compelling-reasons first-step-act section-924(c) sentence-reduction sentencing-reduction statutory-interpretation |
Whether a district court may consider the 2018
amendment to the sentences mandated by 18 U.S.C.
§ 924(c) in determining whether a defendant has
shown … |
| 21-7270 |
Karo Brown v. United States |
Second Circuit |
2022-03-04 |
Denied |
IFP |
circuit-split criminal-justice-reform criminal-procedure first-step-act legal-developments retroactivity sentencing sentencing-reduction statutory-interpretation |
Whether, when deciding if it should "impose a reduced sentence" on an individual under Section 404(b) of the First Step Act of 2018, a district court … |
| 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… |
| 21-7219 |
Lorenzo Suttles v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2022-02-28 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3582 compassionate-release criminal-justice-reform criminal-procedure federal-courts first-step-act miscarriage-of-justice sentencing-reduction sentencing-reform statutory-interpretation |
I. Whether a pre-FSA (First Step Act) defendant's circumstances, changed
by Congress's clarification of §924(c), and the resultant disparity
thereof… |
| 21-7086 |
William L. Whitefield v. United States |
Seventh Circuit |
2022-02-09 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3582c1a 18-usc-924c compassionate-release criminal-law criminal-sentencing district-court-discretion extraordinary-and-compelling-reasons mandatory-minimum sentencing-reduction statutory-interpretation |
Whether a district court may consider the 2018 amendment to the sentences mandated by 18 U.S.C. § 924(c) in determining whether a defendant has shown … |
| 21-7054 |
Ervin Walker, Jr. v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2022-02-03 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3553 18-usc-3582 abuse-of-discretion compassionate-release criminal-procedure district-court-discretion sentencing-factors sentencing-guidelines sentencing-reduction ussg-1b1.13 |
Whether the District Court abused its discretion when it denied Petitioner's Motion for Compassionate Release under 18 USC § 3582 (c)(1)(A), after it … |
| 21-6941 |
Tracy Vaughn v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2022-01-21 |
Denied |
Relisted (3)IFP |
18-usc-3553(a) 18-usc-3553a crack-cocaine criminal-resentencing criminal-sentencing district-court-discretion first-step-act sentencing-factors sentencing-reduction statutory-interpretation |
Whether, in deciding whether to impose a reduced sentence for a crack cocaine offense under Section 404(b) of the First Step Act, a district court mus… |
| 21-6786 |
Semaji Warren v. United States |
Seventh Circuit |
2022-01-10 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-USC-3582(c) 18-usc-3582c1a1 18-USC-924(c) 18-usc-924c circuit-split criminal-law extraordinary-and-compelling-reasons first-step-act sentence-reduction sentencing-reduction statutory-interpretation |
Whether a district court may consider the 2018 amendment to the sentences mandated by 18 U.S.C. § 924(c) in determining whether a defendant has shown … |
| 21-6753 |
Trevin Nunnally, aka Rick v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2022-01-04 |
GVR |
Relisted (3)IFP |
apprendi cocaine-distribution constitutional-law constitutional-precedent criminal-justice-reform criminal-statute first-step-act intervening-developments sentencing sentencing-reduction statutory-interpretation |
"Whether, when deciding if it should 'impose a reduced sentence' on an individual under Section 404(b) of the First Step Act of 2018 . . . a district … |
| 21-6739 |
Anthony Harris v. United States |
Second Circuit |
2021-12-29 |
GVR |
Relisted (2)IFP |
covered-offense criminal-justice-reform district-court-discretion factual-developments first-step-act intervening-developments legal-developments retroactivity sentencing sentencing-reduction statutory-interpretation |
Whether a district court must or may consider intervening legal and factual developments before imposing a reduced sentence on an individual found eli… |
| 21-905 |
Nathaniel Rimpson, III, Charles Scott, and Carl Buggs v. United States |
Seventh Circuit |
2021-12-20 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
18-usc-3582c1a 18-usc-924c circuit-split criminal-law criminal-sentencing extraordinary-circumstances federal-sentencing sentence-reduction sentencing-reduction statutory-interpretation |
Whether a district court may consider the 2018 amendment to the sentences mandated by 18 U.S.C. § 924(c) in determining whether a defendant has shown … |
| 21-6594 |
James A. Hald, et al. v. United States |
Tenth Circuit |
2021-12-15 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
compassionate-release criminal-justice-system criminal-procedure district-court-discretion due-process extraordinary-reasons federal-prisoner-rights federal-prisons sentencing sentencing-reduction statutory-interpretation |
Whether, under 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(1)(A)(i), a district court must first determine whether "extraordinary and compelling reasons warrant such a reduct… |
| 21-884 |
Blake Fields v. United States |
First Circuit |
2021-12-15 |
GVR |
Relisted (2) |
criminal-procedure district-court factual-developments first-step-act intervening-factual-developments intervening-legal-developments legal-developments reduced-sentence sentencing sentencing-reduction statutory-interpretation |
Whether, when deciding if it should "impose a reduced sentence" on an individual under Section 404(b) of the First Step Act of 2018, 21 U.S.C. § 841 n… |
| 21-877 |
Ross Thacker v. United States |
Seventh Circuit |
2021-12-14 |
Denied |
|
18-usc-3582c1a 18-usc-924c circuit-split criminal-law criminal-sentencing extraordinary-and-compelling-reasons federal-procedure first-step-act sentencing-reduction statutory-interpretation |
Whether a district court may consider the 2018 amendment to the sentences mandated by 18 U.S.C. § 924(c) in determining whether a defendant has shown … |
| 21-6575 |
Nathaniel Fields v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2021-12-10 |
GVR |
Relisted (2)IFP |
circuit-split criminal-resentencing district-court-discretion first-step-act intervening-legal-developments legal-developments reduced-sentence sentencing sentencing-reduction statutory-interpretation |
Whether, when deciding if it should "impose a reduced sentence" on an individual under Section 404(b) of the First Step Act of 2018, a district court … |
| 21-6376 |
Antonio Soul Gonzalez v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2021-11-23 |
GVR |
Relisted (2)IFP |
circuit-split criminal-resentencing eligibility first-step-act judicial-discretion resentencing sentencing sentencing-guidelines sentencing-reduction statutory-interpretation |
The question presented here is analogous to the question presented in Concepcion v. United States, No. 20-1650, on which this Court recently granted c… |
| 21-767 |
Clinton Williams v. United States |
Seventh Circuit |
2021-11-23 |
Denied |
Amici (1) |
18-usc-3582(c)(1)(a) 18-usc-924(c) circuit-split criminal-law extraordinary-and-compelling-reasons extraordinary-circumstances federal-sentencing first-step-act judicial-discretion sentence-reduction sentencing-reduction statutory-interpretation |
Whether a district court may consider the 2018 amendment to the sentences mandated by 18 U.S.C. § 924(c) in determining whether a defendant has shown … |
| 21-6224 |
Tony Ford v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2021-11-10 |
GVR |
Relisted (3)IFP |
criminal-justice-reform criminal-resentencing district-court-discretion first-step-act intervening-legal-developments legal-developments retroactivity sentencing sentencing-reduction statutory-interpretation |
Whether, when deciding if it should "impose a reduced sentence" on an individual under Section 404(b) of the First Step Act of 2018, a district court … |
| 21-690 |
Rodney Earl Cannady, aka Camp Earl v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2021-11-09 |
Denied |
|
career-offender cocaine-base-offense criminal-sentencing fair-sentencing-act first-step-act plain-error retroactive-amendment retroactivity sentencing-reduction |
Did the district court error by denying defendant Cannady relief pursuant to the "First Step Act of 2018" retroactive, which made the "Fair Sentencing… |
| 21-6107 |
Thomas Johnson v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2021-10-27 |
Denied |
Relisted (3)IFP |
criminal-procedure criminal-resentencing district-court-discretion factual-developments fair-sentencing-act first-step-act legal-developments presidential-commutation sentencing sentencing-reduction statutory-interpretation |
Whether, when deciding if it should "impose a reduced sentence" on an eligible defendant under Section 404(b) of the First Step Act of 2018, a distric… |
| 21-568 |
Jason Jarvis v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2021-10-19 |
Denied |
Amici (1) |
criminal-law criminal-procedure extraordinary-and-compelling-reasons extraordinary-circumstances federal-law federal-law-change judicial-discretion retroactivity sentencing sentencing-reduction statutory-interpretation |
Whether non-retroactive changes in federal law can serve as "extraordinary and compelling reasons" warranting a sentence reduction under 18 U.S.C. § 3… |
| 21-6007 |
Carlton Potts, aka Pep v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2021-10-19 |
Denied |
Relisted (3)IFP |
appellate-review criminal-resentencing criminal-sentencing district-court district-court-discretion factual-developments fair-sentencing-act first-step-act legal-developments sentencing-reduction statutory-interpretation |
Whether, when deciding if it should "impose a reduced sentence" on an eligible defendant under Section 404(b) of the First Step Act of 2018, a distric… |
| 21-551 |
John J. Watford v. United States |
Seventh Circuit |
2021-10-14 |
Denied |
Amici (2) |
18-usc-3582(c)(1)(a) 18-usc-924(c) 18-USC-924c circuit-split criminal-law extraordinary-and-compelling-reasons extraordinary-circumstances federal-sentencing sentence-reduction sentencing-reduction statutory-interpretation |
Whether a district court may consider the 2018
amendment to the sentences mandated by 18 U.S.C.
§ 924(c) in determining whether a defendant has
shown … |
| 21-546 |
Michael G. Harper, aka Cuban Mike v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2021-10-13 |
GVR |
Relisted (2) |
criminal-justice-reform criminal-resentencing district-court district-court-discretion first-step-act intervening-legal-developments legal-developments reduced-sentence sentencing sentencing-reduction statutory-interpretation |
Whether, when deciding if it should "impose a reduced sentence" on an individual under Section 404(b) of the First Step Act of 2018, a district court … |
| 21-5874 |
Warren Lavell Jackson v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2021-10-04 |
GVR |
Relisted (3)IFP |
apprendi-rule apprendi-v-new-jersey constitutional-law constitutional-precedent covered-offense criminal-sentencing fair-sentencing-act first-step-act sentencing-reduction statutory-interpretation |
Whether the "as if" language in Section 404(b) of the First Step Act requires a sentencing court to disregard intervening, but well-established consti… |
| 21-5787 |
In Re Randall Thomas McArty |
|
2021-09-24 |
Dismissed |
IFP |
civil-rights compassionate-release criminal-procedure due-process extraordinary-circumstances federal-procedure federal-sentencing habeas-corpus parole sentencing sentencing-reduction statutory-interpretation |
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of nelease or paude.
2). Whether 28 usc 246 … |
| 21-5723 |
Juan Manuel Pardo-Oseguera v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2021-09-20 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-procedure plain-error presentence-report safety-valve sentencing sentencing-reduction statutory-minimum weapons-enhancement |
A defendant in a federal criminal case, under the appropriate circumstances, is eligible for a reduction of 2 offense levels and to be sentenced witho… |
| 21-5671 |
Vicente Corona v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2021-09-14 |
Denied |
IFP |
18-usc-3553 18-usc-3582 compassionate-release criminal-sentencing extraordinary-compelling-reasons sentencing-disparities sentencing-reduction sentencing-reform statutory-interpretation |
Whether "Extraordinary and Compelling Reasons" to Reduce a Defendant's Sentence under 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(1)(A)(i) may be based on any Factor a Court … |
| 21-5100 |
Matthew James Haymond, Sr. v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2021-07-14 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
crack-cocaine criminal-sentencing drug-offenses fair-sentencing-act first-step-act mandatory-life-sentence mandatory-minimum plea-bargaining retroactive-application sentencing-reduction statutory-interpretation |
Whether Mr. Haymond was improperly denied First Step Act § 404 relief from his mandatory life sentence under 21 U.S.C. § 841(b)(1)(A), where the distr… |
| 21-5104 |
John G. Tomes, Jr. v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2021-07-14 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
18-usc-3582 compassionate-release criminal-justice criminal-procedure due-process extraordinary-circumstances judicial-discretion sentencing-disparities sentencing-guidelines sentencing-reduction sentencing-reform statutory-interpretation |
Whether "Extraordinary and Compelling Reasons" to Reduce a Defendant's Sentence under 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(1)(A)(i) may be based on any Factor a Court … |
| 20-8400 |
Daryl Wendell Barley v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2021-06-24 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
clear-and-convincing-evidence criminal-procedure effective-assistance-of-counsel evidence-standard first-step-act preponderance-of-evidence relevant-conduct sec-404 sentencing-reduction sixth-amendment |
1. Whether the "clear and convincing evidence standard" should be used instead of the "preponderance of evidence standard" when determining the releva… |
| 20-8194 |
Irvin Moreno v. DeWayne Hendrix, Warden |
Ninth Circuit |
2021-06-02 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
administrative-procedure-act bureau-of-prisons drug-trafficking nonviolent-offense sentence-reduction sentencing-reduction statutory-interpretation supervised-release |
Did the BOP violate the plain meaning of the relevant sentencing statutes and regulations by categorically disqualifying a prisoner convicted of a non… |
| 20-1653 |
Lazelle Maxwell v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2021-05-27 |
Denied |
Relisted (2) |
circuit-split criminal-sentencing first-step-act legal-developments procedural-history resentencing sentencing-reduction statutory-interpretation |
Whether, when deciding if it should "impose a reduced sentence" on an individual under Section 404(b) of the First Step Act of 2018, 21 U.S.C. § 841 n… |
| 20-1650 |
Carlos Concepcion v. United States |
First Circuit |
2021-05-26 |
Judgment Issued |
Amici (10) |
circuit-split criminal-procedure criminal-resentencing factual-developments first-step-act legal-developments resentencing sentencing sentencing-reduction statutory-interpretation |
Whether, when deciding if it should "impose a reduced sentence" on an individual under Section 404(b) of the First Step Act of 2018, 21 U.S.C. § 841 n… |
| 20-7887 |
Ronnie Spells v. United States |
Second Circuit |
2021-04-29 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
crack-cocaine discretion first-step-act judicial-discretion mandatory-minimums racial-disparities sentencing sentencing-reduction statutory-interpretation systemic-racism |
Whether District Court Judge Castel and the Second Circuit Appeals Court perpetuated continued systemic racism by contending that Congress left out th… |
| 20-7832 |
Chadwick Marvin Thompson v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2021-04-22 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3582 compassionate-release criminal-procedure extraordinary-circumstances federal-sentencing judicial-discretion sentencing sentencing-reduction statutory-interpretation |
What qualifies as 'extraordinary and compelling circumstances under a Motion for Compassionate release, 18 U.S.C. 3582(c)(1)(A)?
(2) Does the lower c… |
| 20-7068 |
Jerry Davis v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2021-02-05 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-rights conspiracy criminal-procedure discretionary-sentencing drug-convictions drug-crimes due-process first-step-act sentencing sentencing-reduction statutory-interpretation |
Whether the 4thCircuit Court of Appeals created a Cirauit split by affiomingthe District
Courts reuson to ceny his motion for a sentence reduction und… |
| 20-6819 |
Frantz Sterlin v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2021-01-11 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-justice criminal-sentencing eligibility fair-sentencing-act first-step-act section-404 sentence-reduction sentencing-reduction u.s.-senate-bill-756 |
Whether Petitioner was eligible for a First Step Act reduction of his sentence, based on Section 404 of the Fair Sentencing Act. |
| 20-6243 |
Okeiba Sadio v. United States |
Second Circuit |
2020-11-06 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-rights constitutional-rights covered-offense criminal-procedure drug-distribution due-process first-step-act sentencing sentencing-reduction sixth-amendment statutory-penalties |
(1) Whether the Second Circuit Court of Appeals Wrongly dismiss Mr Sadio's Appeal with out no Briefs being filed or hearing any arguments, violating m… |
| 20-466 |
Larry Williams v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2020-10-09 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
booker-decision departure-or-variance discretionary-guidelines First-Step-Act judicial-discretion rational-basis sentence-reduction sentencing-guidelines sentencing-reduction U.S.-v.-Booker |
What are the scope and limits of a District Court's discretion in denying an unopposed motion for sentence reduction under the First Step Act? |
| 20-5469 |
Alfonzo Traymayne Lee v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2020-08-24 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-rights constitutional-rights discretion due-process equal-protection first-step-act judicial-discretion sentencing sentencing-reduction statutory-interpretation |
Whether giving the District court discretion to grant or deny sentencing reduction pursuant to 18 USC 3553(a) and the First Step Act of 2018, Section … |
| 20-5323 |
Alfred Domenick Wright v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2020-08-11 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-procedure fair-sentencing-act government-error ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-review sentencing-reduction sibron-v-new-york statutory-interpretation substantial-assistance united-states-v-gall |
1.) Should the Government correct error committed when applying 'The Fair
Sentencing Act ' (Nov. 2014)? And if an applicant 's reduction for
Substan… |
| 19-8877 |
Patrick D. Lomas v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2020-07-01 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
abuse-of-discretion criminal-procedure discretion fair-sentencing-act first-step-act judicial-discretion section-404 sentencing sentencing-reduction statutory-interpretation |
i.
Did the District Court abuse it's Discretion when it denied Petitioner's
Motion seeking a reduction of Sentence under Section 404(b) of the First S… |
| 19-8653 |
Jose Heriberto Ramirez v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2020-06-10 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
constitutional-law constitutional-standards criminal-procedure due-process independent-review judicial-review legal-principles sentence-reduction sentencing-reduction standard-of-review statutory-interpretation |
Petitioner is challenging all Drugs Minus-Two pursuant to Title 18 U.S.C. § 3582 (c)(2). Reduction of Sentence, Petitioner is eligible to receive the … |
| 19-7648 |
Otis Renaldo Harris v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2020-02-12 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-justice criminal-procedure discretion discretionary-power district-court due-process equal-protection judicial-review sentencing sentencing-reduction statutory-interpretation |
I. WHETHER THE DISTRICT COURT ABUSED ITS DISCRETION
WHEN IT FOUND THAT PETITIONER HARRIS WAS NOT ELIGIBLE
FOR A SENTENCE REDUCTION UNDER SECTION 404? |
| 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… |
| 19-7172 |
Larry Antonio Simmons v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2020-01-06 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-rights constitutional-interpretation due-process federal-judiciary first-step-act judicial-ethics political-bias sentencing sentencing-reduction standing statutory-interpretation trump |
Whether the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina the Honorable Bruce H. Hendricks, Judge, Assistant United States District … |
| 19-6341 |
Charles Raymond Stagner v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2019-10-22 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-intent criminal-procedure drug-crimes due-process evidence-admissibility fifth-amendment intent methamphetamine-possession sentencing sentencing-reduction sufficiency-of-evidence |
Whether the Fifth Amendment Guarantees the Petitioner the Right to a Judgment of Acquittal If the Government Fails to Prove the Petitioner Intended to… |
| 19-5874 |
David Kirkland v. United States |
Third Circuit |
2019-09-09 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
acceptance-of-responsibility constitutional-claim evidentiary-hearing ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel plea-agreement plea-bargaining prejudice sentencing-reduction sixth-circuit strickland-standard third-circuit trial |
1. Whether the petitioner's attorney was ineffective for withholding information that cost defendant a three-point sentencing reduction for acceptance… |
| 19-5743 |
Michael Dewayne Hegwood v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-08-28 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3553 18-usc-3582 binding-precedent career-offender criminal-procedure criminal-resentencing federal-jurisdiction first-step-act jurisdiction sentencing sentencing-reduction statutory-interpretation |
1. Does the First Step Act authorize a court to "impose" a reduced
sentence in accordance with such statutes as 18 U.S.C. §§ 3553(a) and
3582(a), or d… |
| 19-5102 |
Dan Pizaro v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-07-08 |
Denied |
IFP |
criminal-law criminal-sentencing drug-offense drug-offenses due-process federal-sentencing first-step-act mandatory-minimum mandatory-minimums sentencing-reduction statutory-interpretation supreme-court supreme-court-precedent |
Whether the life sentence imposed on 21 U.S.C. § 846 and § 841(a)(1) pursuant to 21 U.S.C. § 841(b)(1)(A) and § 851 must be reduced to twenty-five (25… |
| 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… |
| 18-9004 |
Vaughn S. Archer v. Daniel Paramo, Warden |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-04-29 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
boykin-advisement criminal-procedure due-process guilty-plea ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel plea-bargaining right-to-trial sentencing sentencing-reduction statutory-interpretation statutory-reduction trial-court-advisement |
(1) Whether Archer knowingly and voluntarily entered into a guilty plea
where the trial court failed to advise him as to the potential application of
… |
| 18-8632 |
Marcos Lopez-Guzman v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2019-03-29 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3553 18-usc-3582 appellate-review criminal-sentencing judicial-discretion plain-error retroactivity sentencing-guidelines sentencing-guidelines-reduction,18-usc-3582,amendm sentencing-reduction statutory-interpretation |
Whether the United States Court of Appeals committed a clear error denying Appellant's two-level reduction pursuant to § 3582(C)(2) and Amendment 782;… |
| 18-8278 |
Timothy M. Schieve v. Indiana |
Indiana |
2019-03-07 |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-procedure civil-rights due-process false-testimony free-speech judicial-instructions jurisdiction prosecutorial-misconduct sentencing-reduction standing |
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| 18-8145 |
Desmond Farmer v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2019-02-27 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
amendment-782 assault criminal-classification criminal-history drug-abuse drug-offense drug-offenses due-process equal-protection family-member judicial-discretion non-violent-offense sentencing-guidelines sentencing-reduction violent-offender |
The District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina, Western Division denied the petitioner a reduction in his sentence under 3582 and Amend… |
| 18-7518 |
Kevin Holt v. J.A. Terris, Warden |
Sixth Circuit |
2019-01-22 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
28-cfr-chapter-1-2-61 federal-bureau-of-prisons federal-judicial-system first-impression good-time-credits life-sentence military-prisoner military-prisoners military-prisoners-life-sentence presumptive-release sentencing-reduction statutory-interpretation title-18-usc-4206 title-18-usc-4206a |
Should the Supreme Court of the United States hear this case that presents a substantial issue of first impression in the Federal Judicial System that… |
| 18-7057 |
Marcus Jermaine Royston v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2018-12-14 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
3582-motion 3582(c)(2) amendments-750-782 career-offender criminal-sentencing drug-offense guidelines-2d1.1 guidelines-amendment hughes-v-us sentence-reduction sentencing-guidelines sentencing-reduction |
Does this Court's ruling in the case of Hughes V. U.S., 584 U.S. 2018, No. 17-155, apply to a career offender seeking reduction in his sentence by way… |
| 18-144 |
Keith Byron Baranski v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2018-07-31 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
appellate-standard brady-giglio coram-nobis due-process materiality prosecutorial-misconduct prosecutorial-suppression second-or-successive-motions second-successive-motions sentencing-reduction suppressed-evidence suppression-of-evidence witness-credibility |
After being released from custody following a conspiracy conviction, Keith Baranski challenged his conviction by filing a petition for writ of error c… |
| 18-5097 |
Antonio Torres v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2018-07-03 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-activity defendant-role mitigating-role paid-tasks proprietary-interest rebuttable-presumption sentencing-guidelines sentencing-reduction |
1. Whether U.S.S.G. § 3B1.2 now contains a rebuttable presumption that a mitigating role reduction should be granted upon a showing by the defendant t… |