No. 20-6759

Bernard Weiters, Jr. v. United States

Lower Court: Fourth Circuit
Docketed: 2021-01-04
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: 3582(c)(2) criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing first-step-act resentencing section-404(b) sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation statutory-mandatory-minimum statutory-maximum
Key Terms:
Securities
Latest Conference: 2021-02-19
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the court committed error by declining to resentence the petitioner under Section 3582(c)(2) when the court earlier reduced the petitioner's 'guideline' level but not the statutory penalty, thereby resulting in the petitioner's statutory maximum range conclusion

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

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Docket Entries

2021-02-22
Petition DENIED.
2021-01-14
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/19/2021.
2021-01-11
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2020-11-16
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due February 3, 2021)

Attorneys

Bernard Weiters, Jr.
Bernard Weiters Jr. — Petitioner
United States
Elizabeth B. PrelogarActing Solicitor General, Respondent