No. 18-7227

Antonio Ledon Jones v. United States

Lower Court: Eleventh Circuit
Docketed: 2019-01-04
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: 18-usc-3553 18-usc-3553a 18-usc-3553a6 due-process eleventh-circuit fifth-amendment judicial-review sentencing sentencing-disparities unwarranted-sentence-disparities
Key Terms:
DueProcess FifthAmendment
Latest Conference: 2019-02-15
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Eleventh Circuit decided the opinion below based on inaccurate information and thereby betrayed the due process guarantees of the Fifth Amendment?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED 1. Whether the Eleventh Circuit decided the opinion below based on inaccurate information and thereby betrayed the due process guarantees of the Fifth Amendment? 2. Whether the Eleventh Circuit’s consideration of inaccurate information and refusal to engage in an analysis of 18 U.S.C. § 35538(a)(6) ignored the requirement set forth by Congress that courts “shall consider...the need to avoid unwarranted sentence disparities among defendants with similar records who have been found guilty of similar conduct?” 1

Docket Entries

2019-02-19
Petition DENIED.
2019-01-17
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/15/2019.
2019-01-11
Waiver of right of respondent United States of America to respond filed.
2019-01-02
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due February 4, 2019)

Attorneys

Antonio Ledon Jones
Courtney O'DonnellFederal Defender Program, Inc., Petitioner
Courtney O'DonnellFederal Defender Program, Inc., Petitioner
United States of America
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent