No. 21-6224

Tony Ford v. United States

Lower Court: Eleventh Circuit
Docketed: 2021-11-10
Status: GVR
Type: IFP
Relisted (3)IFP
Tags: criminal-justice-reform criminal-resentencing district-court-discretion first-step-act intervening-legal-developments legal-developments retroactivity sentencing sentencing-reduction statutory-interpretation
Key Terms:
JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference: 2022-09-28 (distributed 3 times)
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a district court must or may consider intervening legal developments when deciding whether to impose a reduced sentence under Section 404(b) of the First Step Act of 2018

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED FOR REVIEW The question presented here is the same as that presented in Concepcion v. United States, No. 20-1650, on which this Court recently granted certiorari: Whether, when deciding if it should “impose a reduced sentence” on an individual under Section 404(b) of the First Step Act of 2018, a district court must or may consider intervening legal developments. i

Docket Entries

2022-11-04
Judgment issued.
2022-10-03
Motion to proceed in forma pauperis and petition for a writ of certiorari GRANTED. Judgment VACATED and case REMANDED for further consideration in light of <i>Concepcion</i> v. <i>United States</i>, 597 U. S. ___ (2022). Justice Kagan took no part in the consideration or decision of this motion and this petition.
2022-09-12
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/28/2022.
2022-06-29
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/29/2022.
2022-01-27
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/18/2022.
2022-01-10
Memorandum of respondent United States filed.
2021-12-03
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including January 10, 2022.
2021-12-02
Motion to extend the time to file a response from December 10, 2021 to January 10, 2022, submitted to The Clerk.
2021-11-05
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due December 10, 2021)

Attorneys

Tony Ford
Adam LabonteFederal Defender's Office, Petitioner
United States of America
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent