No. 20-7973

Zavion Nunley v. United States

Lower Court: Fifth Circuit
Docketed: 2021-05-11
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP Experienced Counsel
Tags: appellate-review circuit-split data-availability judicial-discretion nationwide-statistics reasonableness-of-sentence sentencing-disparities sentencing-disparity sentencing-guidelines statistical-analysis unwarranted-disparities
Key Terms:
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Latest Conference: 2021-06-03
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether statistics demonstrating that judges in the sentencing district impose sentences much more frequently than their peers in other district are relevant to an appellate court's evaluation of the reasonableness of a sentence

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED Whether statistics demonstrating that judges in the sentencing district impose sentences much more frequently than their peers in other district are relevant to an appellate court’s evaluation of the reasonableness of a sentence. i

Docket Entries

2021-06-07
Petition DENIED.
2021-05-19
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/3/2021.
2021-05-13
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2021-05-07
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due June 10, 2021)

Attorneys

United States
Elizabeth B. PrelogarActing Solicitor General, Respondent
Zavion Nunley
James Matthew WrightOffice of the Federal Public Defender, Petitioner