No. 18-7623

James Goolsby v. United States

Lower Court: Eighth Circuit
Docketed: 2019-01-29
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: 18-usc-3582-c-2 appellate-procedure dillion-v-united-states exceptional-circumstances judicial-discretion mandatory-life-sentence mandatory-minimum mandatory-sentencing misapplication-of-guidelines miscarriage-of-justice official-victim-enhancement recall-of-mandate retroactive-amendment sentencing-guidelines
Key Terms:
DueProcess HabeasCorpus
Latest Conference: 2019-02-22
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals abused its discretion in refusing to recall the mandate on the direct appeal to prevent a miscarriage of justice?

Question Presented (from Petition)

QUESTION(S) PRESENTED I. WHETHER THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS ABUSED ITS DISCRETION IN me REFUSING TO RECALL THE MANDATE ON THE DIRECT APPEAL TO PREVENT A MISCARRIAGE OF JUSTICE? (A). The Eighth Circuit previotsly made the factual determination that G Goolsby if factually Innocent of the "Mandatory" Sentencing Guidelines "Official" Victim enhancement. (B). The United States Sentencing Guidelines reduced the Sentencing G Guideline for the offense which Goolsby was convicted in a Retroactive Amendment, amounts to a unforeseen contingency. (C). The United States District Court has tried to give Goolsby every ie) benefit of the reductions to reduce the "Maridatory" Guideline x Life Sentence, but cannot do so in a 18 U.S.C. §3582(c)(2) proceeding under DILLION V. UNITED STATES, 560 U.S. 817 (2010) fordidding Courts from correcting misapplication of Guidelines in a §3582 . proceedings. (D). This matter presents a unique or exceptional circumstance warranting ; a recall of the mandate, where Goolsby is serving a "IIFE" term 7 : 4 in prison, with no remedy to have the illegal enhancement removed, . so that the District Court could exercise its discretion to reduce , the term of imprisonment to not less than 360 months, except the ; Court recall the mandate for the ministeral function of removing ° the illegal enhancement. .

Docket Entries

2019-02-25
Petition DENIED.
2019-02-07
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/22/2019.
2019-02-05
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2018-08-22
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due February 28, 2019)

Attorneys

James Goolsby
James Goolsby — Petitioner
James Goolsby — Petitioner
United States
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent