No. 18-8441
Gaetan Dinelle, aka Gates v. United States
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP
Tags: criminal-justice cruel-and-unusual-punishment disproportionate-sentence eighth-amendment first-time-offender marijuana-trafficking non-violent-offender non-violent-offense proportionality sentencing
Key Terms:
Punishment
Punishment
Latest Conference:
2019-10-01
(distributed 2 times)
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether a life-sentence for a non-violent, first-time offender, who trafficked in marijuana, is unreasonable, disproportionate, and amounts to cruel and unusual punishment in violation of Eighth Amendment?
Question Presented (OCR Extract)
QUESTION PRESENTED Whether a life-sentence for a non-violent, first-time offender, who trafficked in marijuana, is unreasonable, disproportionate, and amounts to cruel and unusual punishment in violation of Eighth Amendment? il
Docket Entries
2019-10-07
Petition DENIED.
2019-06-27
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/1/2019.
2019-06-26
Reply of petitioner Gaetan Dinelle filed.
2019-06-10
Brief of respondent United States in opposition filed.
2019-05-03
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including June 10, 2019.
2019-05-02
Motion to extend the time to file a response from May 9, 2019 to June 10, 2019, submitted to The Clerk.
2019-04-09
Response Requested. (Due May 9, 2019)
2019-03-28
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/12/2019.
2019-03-22
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2019-03-13
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due April 17, 2019)
Attorneys
Gaetan Dinelle
Michelle Barth — Law Office of Michelle Anderson Barth, Petitioner
Michelle Barth — Law Office of Michelle Anderson Barth, Petitioner
United States
Noel J. Francisco — Solicitor General, Respondent
Noel J. Francisco — Solicitor General, Respondent