No. 20-7215

Sunni Askari Newell v. United States

Lower Court: Eighth Circuit
Docketed: 2021-02-23
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: circuit-split criminal-law criminal-sentencing due-process eighth-amendment eighth-circuit federal-sentencing firearms firearms-possession sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation
Key Terms:
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Latest Conference: 2021-03-19
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Eighth Circuit has misconstrued U.S.S.G. § 2K2.1(b)(6)(B), contrary to every other circuit, resulting in defendants convicted of firearms possession offenses in the Northern and Southern Districts of Iowa receiving longer sentences than anywhere else in the country?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED I. WHETHER THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT HAS MISCONSTRUED U.S.S.G. § 2K2.1(b)(6)(B), CONTRARY TO EVERY OTHER CIRCUIT, RESULTING IN DEFENDANTS CONVICTED OF FIREARMS POSSESSION OFFENSES IN THE NORTHERN AND SOUTHERN DISTRICTS OF IOWA RECEIVING LONGER SENTENCES THAN ANYWHERE ELSE IN THE COUNTRY? 1

Docket Entries

2021-03-22
Petition DENIED.
2021-03-04
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/19/2021.
2021-02-26
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2021-02-16
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due March 25, 2021)

Attorneys

Sunni Askari Newell
Webb L WassmerWassmer Law Office, PLC, Petitioner
Webb L WassmerWassmer Law Office, PLC, Petitioner
United States
Elizabeth B. PrelogarActing Solicitor General, Respondent
Elizabeth B. PrelogarActing Solicitor General, Respondent