No. 19-6288

Ron Christopher Whitley v. United States

Lower Court: Fourth Circuit
Docketed: 2019-10-17
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP Experienced Counsel
Tags: 18-usc-3553(a) 18-usc-3553a appellate-review criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing drug-case drug-offense drug-offenses judicial-discretion proportionality-review sentencing-departure sentencing-factors sentencing-guidelines
Key Terms:
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Latest Conference: 2019-11-22
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the 156-month sentence is greater than necessary to comply with the purposes of sentencing under 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a)

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED Whether the 156-month sentence is greater than necessary to comply with the purposes of sentencing under 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a) where the district court failed to provide significant justifications to support its departure from the correctlycalculated guidelines range of 30 to 37 months in this run-of-the-mill drug case.

Docket Entries

2019-11-25
Petition DENIED.
2019-11-07
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/22/2019.
2019-10-30
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
Main Document
2019-10-15
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due November 18, 2019)
Motion for Leave to Proceed in Forma PauperisPetitionOtherProof of Service

Attorneys

Ron Christopher Whitley
Jennifer C. Leisten — Office of the Federal Public Defender, Eastern District of North Carolina, Petitioner
United States
Noel J. Francisco — Solicitor General, Respondent