No. 19-5928

Marcos Santiago v. United States

Lower Court: Third Circuit
Docketed: 2019-09-13
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: 21-usc-841 civil-rights criminal-law criminal-procedure drug-offense due-process first-step-act retroactive-application retroactivity sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation
Key Terms:
Environmental Securities Immigration
Latest Conference: 2019-10-11
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether Congress' decision to make the retroactive application of the First Step Act fully retroactive creates a significant risk that thousands of prisoners stand convicted and punished for an act that the law does not make criminal

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

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Docket Entries

2019-10-15
Petition DENIED. Justice Kagan took no part in the consideration or decision of this petition.
2019-09-26
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/11/2019.
2019-09-20
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2019-08-27
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due October 15, 2019)

Attorneys

Marcos Santiago
Marcos F. Santiago — Petitioner
Marcos F. Santiago — Petitioner
United States
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent