No. 20-8398
Jonathan Jerome Hills v. United States
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
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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 Kim — Federal Public Defenders, Petitioner
United States of America
Brian H. Fletcher — Acting Solicitor General, Respondent