No. 18-6063

Craig Alexander v. United States

Lower Court: Fifth Circuit
Docketed: 2018-09-20
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: appeals criminal-history criminal-procedure disciplinary-infractions due-process judicial-discretion judicial-interpretation section-3582 sentencing sentencing-discretion sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation
Key Terms:
DueProcess HabeasCorpus
Latest Conference: 2018-10-12
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Supreme Court should resolve split decisions in the lower court as to how far a Judge must explain and/or elaborate on a decision to grant or deny a Movant's petition under §3582?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION(S) PRESENTED : 1. Whether the Supreme Court should resolve spilt . decisions in the lower court-as to how far a Judge must explain and/or elaborate on a : decision to grant or deny a Movant's petition . under §3582? . 2. Whether a Defendant should be considered as . . . having a bad Criminal History score when : : : Defendant is only at category 3 without any : Lo Lo violence on a Criminal History Chart of I ; . . oe thru VI? : : ‘3. Can a Judge continue to use old non-violent disciplinary infraction even after a . Defendant has displayed several years of . clear conduct?’ At what point does his old . : infractions stop haunting him?

Docket Entries

2018-10-15
Petition DENIED.
2018-09-27
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/12/2018.
2018-09-25
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2018-05-29
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due October 22, 2018)

Attorneys

Craig Alexander
Craig Alexander — Petitioner
Craig Alexander — Petitioner
United States
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent