No. 18-9549

Mauricio Lucas-Lopez v. Tony Trierweiler, Warden

Lower Court: Sixth Circuit
Docketed: 2019-06-04
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: constitutional-law cruel-and-unusual-punishment disproportionate-sentence eighth-amendment federal-court-decisions federal-courts guidance-needed mandatory-minimum mandatory-minimum-sentence proportionality sentencing sentencing-guidelines
Key Terms:
Takings Punishment HabeasCorpus
Latest Conference: 2019-10-01
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Is petitioner's twenty-five year mandatory minimum sentence disproportionate to the offense committed violating the Eighth Amendment prohibition against cruel and unusual punishment; do the federal court decisions on petitioner's claim conflict; and is guidance needed from this Court to properly resolve petitioner's Eighth Amendment cruel and unusual punishment claim?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION(S) PRESENTED A. IS PETITIONER'S TWENTY-FIVE YEAR MANDATORY MINIMUM SENTENCE DISPROPORTIONATE TO THE OFFENSE COMMITTED VIOLATING THE EIGHTH AMENDMENT .OF THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION'S PROHIBITION AGAINST CRUEL AND UNUSUAL PUNISHMENT; DO THE FEDERAL COURT' DECISIONS ON PETITIONER'S CLAIM CONFLICT; AND IS GUIDANCE NEEDED FROM THIS COURT TO PROPERLY RESOLVE PETITIONER'S EIGHTH AMENDMENT CRUEL AND UNUSUAL PUNISHMENT CLAIM? 1

Docket Entries

2019-10-07
Petition DENIED.
2019-07-11
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/1/2019.
2019-07-05
Waiver of right of respondent Tony Trierweiler to respond filed.
2019-05-28
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due July 5, 2019)

Attorneys

Mauricio Lucas-Lopez
Mauricio Lucas-Lopez — Petitioner
Mauricio Lucas-Lopez — Petitioner
Tony Trierweiler
Fadwa A. HammoudMichigan Department of Attorney General, Respondent
Fadwa A. HammoudMichigan Department of Attorney General, Respondent