No. 21-5944

Casey Ray Culp v. United States

Lower Court: Ninth Circuit
Docketed: 2021-10-12
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: criminal-justice cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process eighth-amendment reform sentencing
Key Terms:
DueProcess FifthAmendment Punishment
Latest Conference: 2021-11-12
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a guideline sentence of seventy-five months imprisonment violates the Eighth Amendment prohibition on cruel and unusual punishment

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED 1. Whether a guideline sentence of seventy-five months imprisonment violates the Eighth Amendment prohibition on cruel and unusual punishment in the case of extraordinary and unique reform and personal circumstances, and given significantly evolving societal and legislative views on the propriety of lengthy terms of imprisonment? 2. Whether the failure of the court to give meaningful consideration to evidence of extraordinary and unique reform and personal circumstances also violates the Fifth Amendment guarantee of Due Process? ii

Docket Entries

2021-11-15
Petition DENIED.
2021-10-28
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/12/2021.
2021-10-22
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2021-09-22
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due November 12, 2021)

Attorneys

Casey Ray Culp
Rachel Ann JulagayFederal Defender's of Montana, Petitioner
Rachel Ann JulagayFederal Defender's of Montana, Petitioner
United States
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent