No. 18-8821

Sealed Appellant v. Sealed Appellee

Lower Court: Fifth Circuit
Docketed: 2019-04-15
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP
Tags: 18-usc-3582 18-usc-3582c2 5k1.1-motion criminal-sentencing judicial-discretion koons-v-united-states mandatory-minimum sentence-reduction sentencing-commission sentencing-guidelines substantial-assistance
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Latest Conference: 2019-05-16 (distributed 2 times)
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Can a defendant receive a 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(2) sentence reduction when the district court discarded the mandatory minimum because of a substantial-assistance motion and considered the initial guidelines range before imposing the sentence?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

question presented here: . | Can a defendant receive a 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(2) sentence reduction when the district court discarded the mandatory minimum because of a motion and considered the initial guidelines range before . imposing the sentence? See id. at 1788 & n.1. . | No. . In the Supreme Court of the United States. October Term, 2018 . SEALED APPELLANT, Petitioner, , Vv. UNITED STATES , PETITION FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI . TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT : ‘ Petitioner asks that a writ of certiorari issue to.review the opinion and judgment entered by the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit on December 7, 2018. :

Docket Entries

2019-05-20
Petition DENIED.
2019-05-01
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/16/2019.
2019-04-26
Waiver of right of respondent Sealed Appellee to respond filed.
2019-04-15
Motion (18M131) for leave to file a petition for a writ of certiorari under seal with redacted copies for the public record Granted.
2019-03-27
MOTION (18M131) DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/12/2019.
2019-03-07
Motion (18M131) for leave to file a petition for a writ of certiorari under seal with redacted copies for the public record filed.
2019-03-07
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due May 15, 2019)

Attorneys

Sealed Appellant
Kristin M. KimmelmanFederal Public Defender's Office, Petitioner
Sealed Appellee
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent