No. 20-8398

Jonathan Jerome Hills v. United States

Lower Court: Ninth Circuit
Docketed: 2021-06-24
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: 18-usc-3553 criminal-justice criminal-sentencing due-process equal-protection first-step-act judicial-discretion procedural-opportunity sentencing sentencing-disparity statutory-interpretation
Key Terms:
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Latest Conference: 2021-09-27
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether differences in procedural opportunity arising from the fact that a defendant is statutorily eligible for relief under the First Step Act create unwarranted sentence disparities

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

Question Presented Whether differences in procedural opportunity arising from the fact that a defendant is statutorily eligible for relief under the First Step Act, such as the ability to offer evidence of postsentencing rehabilitation in support of a reduced sentence, create the sort of “unwarranted” sentence disparities that a district court must seek to avoid under 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a)(6). i Statement of

Docket Entries

2021-10-04
Petition DENIED.
2021-07-08
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/27/2021.
2021-07-01
Waiver of right of respondent United States of America to respond filed.
2021-06-11
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due July 26, 2021)

Attorneys

Jonathan Jerome Hills
Gia KimFederal Public Defenders, Petitioner
United States of America
Brian H. FletcherActing Solicitor General, Respondent