No. 20-5178
Jimmy Fernetus v. United States
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: cruel-and-unusual-punishment district-court eighth-amendment executive-branch executive-power legislative-branch legislative-power minimum-mandatory-sentence separation-of-powers
Key Terms:
DueProcess Punishment CriminalProcedure Privacy JusticiabilityDoctri
DueProcess Punishment CriminalProcedure Privacy JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference:
2020-09-29
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether the separation of powers doctrine prohibits the legislative and executive branches from forcing a district court judge to impose a minimum mandatory prison sentence?
Question Presented (OCR Extract)
QUESTIONS PRESENTED 1. Whether the separation of powers doctrine prohibits the legislative and executive branches from forcing a district court judge to impose a minimum mandatory prison sentence? 2. Whether the Petitioner’s 40-year minimum mandatory sentence for armed drug trafficking violates the Eighth Amendment’s prohibition on cruel and unusual punishment?
Docket Entries
2020-10-05
Petition DENIED.
2020-08-13
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2020.
2020-08-04
Waiver of right of respondent United States of America to respond filed.
2020-07-14
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due August 26, 2020)
Attorneys
Jimmy Fernetus
Sean M. Wagner — Wagner & Wagner, P.A., Petitioner
Sean M. Wagner — Wagner & Wagner, P.A., Petitioner
United States of America
Jeffrey B. Wall — Acting Solicitor General, Respondent
Jeffrey B. Wall — Acting Solicitor General, Respondent