No. 21-6692

Alex D. Ramos v. United States

Lower Court: Seventh Circuit
Docketed: 2021-12-21
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: 18-usc-3582c1a 18-usc-924c circuit-split criminal-law criminal-sentencing extraordinary-circumstances federal-procedure sentence-reduction sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation
Key Terms:
HabeasCorpus
Latest Conference: 2022-02-18
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a district court may consider the 2018 amendment to the sentences mandated by 18 U.S.C. § 924(c) in determining whether a defendant has shown 'extraordinary and compelling reasons' warranting a sentence reduction under 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(1)(A)

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED FOR REVIEW Whether a district court may consider the 2018 amendment to the sentences mandated by 18 U.S.C. § 924(c) in determining whether a defendant has shown “extraordinary and compelling reasons” warranting a sentence reduction under 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(1)(A)@)? (This same issue is also raised in numerous petitions currently pending before this Court.) i

Docket Entries

2022-02-22
Petition DENIED.
2022-01-13
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/18/2022.
2022-01-11
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
Main Document
2021-12-17
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due January 20, 2022)
Motion for Leave to Proceed in Forma PauperisPetitionAppendix

Attorneys

Alex Ramos
Geoffrey M Meyer — Federal Defender Program, Petitioner
United States of America
Elizabeth B. Prelogar — Solicitor General, Respondent