No. 18-5673

Eugene Smalls v. United States

Lower Court: Fourth Circuit
Docketed: 2018-08-21
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: career-offender civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process federal-sentencing lochner sentencing sentencing-commission-guidelines sixth-amendment state-federal-relations statutory-interpretation
Latest Conference: 2018-09-24
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Does the 'heightened' Lochner standards of W.G. Abel v. Estelle, AHR, override the state and federal sentencing guidelines of the motion of the judge, MONASHKUL's not statutes?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

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Docket Entries

2018-10-01
Petition DENIED.
2018-08-30
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/24/2018.
2018-08-24
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2018-07-22
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due September 20, 2018)

Attorneys

Eugene Smalls
Eugene Smalls — Petitioner
United States
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent