No. 19-7118

Calvin Buffington v. United States

Lower Court: Seventh Circuit
Docketed: 2019-12-31
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: criminal-procedure drug-quantity due-process judicial-fact-finding section-3582 section-3582(c)(2) sentence-reduction sentencing-guidelines sentencing-guidelines-3582(c)(2) statutory-interpretation
Key Terms:
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Latest Conference: 2020-02-21
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the district court's failure to find a drug quantity when adopting PSR in its entirety authorized it to select a new quantity as a basis for the denial of a section 3582(c)(2) motion

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION(S) PRESENTED 1. Whether the district court's failure to find a drug quantity when adopting PSR in its entirety authorized it to select a new quantity as a basis for the denial of a section 3582(c)(2) motion. 2. Whether it was a judicial fact-finding violation for the district court to use : a drug quantity different from that established at petitioner's original sentencing hearing to deny petitioner a reduction of sentence under section 3582(c){2). : ii.

Docket Entries

2020-02-24
Petition DENIED.
2020-01-23
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/21/2020.
2020-01-14
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2019-11-08
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due January 30, 2020)

Attorneys

Calvin Buffington
Calvin Buffington — Petitioner
Calvin Buffington — Petitioner
United States
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent