No. 18-596
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)
Tags: appellate-review criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing due-process federal-sentencing judicial-discretion judicial-review presumption-of-reasonableness proportionality rita-v-united-states sentencing-disparities sentencing-guidelines
Key Terms:
Punishment
Punishment
Latest Conference:
2019-03-15
(distributed 2 times)
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Should the Court overrule or refine Rita v. United States (2007) 551 U.S. 338, such that an irregular and disproportionate within-Guidelines sentence is no longer presumed reasonable?
Question Presented (OCR Extract)
QUESTIONS PRESENTED 1. Should the Court overrule or refine Rita v. United States (2007) 551 U.S. 338, such that an irregular and disproportionate within-Guidelines sentence is no longer presumed reasonable? 2. Under what circumstances may a defendant rebut the presumption that a within-Guidelines sentence is reasonable, especially when the sentence is recognized as disproportionate to the offense?
Docket Entries
2019-03-18
Petition DENIED.
2019-02-27
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/15/2019.
2019-02-11
Brief of respondent United States in opposition filed.
2019-01-07
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including February 11, 2019.
2019-01-03
Motion to extend the time to file a response from January 10, 2019 to February 11, 2019, submitted to The Clerk.
2018-12-11
Response Requested. (Due January 10, 2019)
2018-11-28
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/4/2019.
2018-11-14
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2018-11-02
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due December 6, 2018)
Attorneys
Marie Neba
Michael John Khouri — Khouri Law Firm, APC, Petitioner
United States
Noel J. Francisco — Solicitor General, Respondent