No. 21-6629

Jimmy Steele v. United States

Lower Court: Fifth Circuit
Docketed: 2021-12-16
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: appellate-review civil-rights constitutional-review criminal-procedure due-process first-step-act judicial-interpretation retroactivity sentencing state-court statutory-interpretation
Key Terms:
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Latest Conference: 2022-01-21
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether Congress intended a sentencing reduction under the First Step Act of 2018 to apply retroactively to defendants sentenced before the Act's enactment, and how that determination should be made by district courts

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

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Docket Entries

2022-01-24
Petition DENIED. Justice Kagan took no part in the consideration or decision of this petition.
2022-01-06
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/21/2022.
2022-01-04
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2021-12-04
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due January 18, 2022)

Attorneys

Jimmy Steele
Jimmy Steele — Petitioner
Jimmy Steele — Petitioner
United States
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent