No. 21-6318

Michael Aaron Aldridge v. United States

Lower Court: Fifth Circuit
Docketed: 2021-11-17
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP Experienced Counsel
Tags: consecutive-sentences criminal-sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation substantive-reasonableness supervised-release
Key Terms:
Environmental SocialSecurity Securities Immigration
Latest Conference: 2022-01-07
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the district court exceeded the statutory maximum sentence

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED 1. Whether the district court exceeded the statutory maximum sentence of 24 months imprisonment when it imposed five separate sentences of imprisonment, ordered to run consecutively for a total aggregate sentence of 70 months, when there was only one term of supervised release pending? 2. Whether substantive reasonableness review necessarily encompasses some degree of reweighing the sentencing factors? ii PARTIES Michael Aaron Aldridge is the petitioner, who was the defendant-appellant below. The United States of America is the respondent, and was the plaintiff-appellee below. iii

Docket Entries

2022-01-10
Petition DENIED.
2021-12-02
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/7/2022.
2021-11-29
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2021-11-15
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due December 17, 2021)

Attorneys

Michael Aldridge
Christopher A. CurtisFederal Public Defender's Office, Petitioner
Christopher A. CurtisFederal Public Defender's Office, Petitioner
United States
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent