No. 18-9063

Tyrone Leonard James v. United States

Lower Court: Fourth Circuit
Docketed: 2019-05-01
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP Experienced Counsel
Tags: 18-usc-3553 18-usc-3584 18-usc-924c 18-usc-924c3b certificate-of-appealability concurrent-sentences concurrent-sentences,federal-sentencing,state-sent Does the Supreme Court's grant of writ of certiora federal-criminal-procedure federal-sentencing judicial-consideration sentencing-discretion sentencing-factors state-sentencing statutory-interpretation supreme-court-rule-10 third-circuit unrelated-crimes vagueness
Key Terms:
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Latest Conference: 2019-05-30
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a district court's finding that a state crime and federal crime were unrelated is sufficient, in itself, to satisfy its obligation under 18 U.S.C. § 3584(b) to 'consider ... the factors set forth in section 3553(a)' when deciding whether to run a federal sentence concurrently with a state sentence

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED Whether a district court’s finding that a state crime and federal crime were unrelated is sufficient, in itself, to satisfy its obligation under 18 U.S.C. § 3584(b) to “consider ... the factors set forth in section 3553(a)” when deciding whether to run a federal sentence concurrently with a state sentence.

Docket Entries

2019-06-03
Petition DENIED.
2019-05-15
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/30/2019.
2019-05-10
Waiver of right of respondent United States of America to respond filed.
2019-04-29
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due May 31, 2019)

Attorneys

Tyrone James
Eric Joseph BrignacOffice of the Federal Public Defender, Petitioner
Eric Joseph BrignacOffice of the Federal Public Defender, Petitioner
United States of America
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent