No. 21-7219

Lorenzo Suttles v. United States

Lower Court: Sixth Circuit
Docketed: 2022-02-28
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: 18-usc-3582 compassionate-release criminal-justice-reform criminal-procedure federal-courts first-step-act miscarriage-of-justice sentencing-reduction sentencing-reform statutory-interpretation
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Latest Conference: 2022-03-25
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a pre-FSA defendant's circumstances changed by Congress's clarification of §924(c) may constitute extraordinary and compelling reasons for compassionate release

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION(S) PRESENTED , _I. Whether a pre-FSA (First Step: Act) defendant's circumstances, changed by Congress's clarification of §924(c), and the resultant disparity ; thereof, alone or in combination with other factors, may.constitute : extraordinary and compelling reasons for compassionate release/réduc~ . tion of sentence pursuant to 18 U.S.C. §3582(c)(1)(A) (4)? . Il. Whether a federal court of appeals' failure to stay and/or recall , it's mandate for reconsideration amounts to a miscarriage of justice, when a subsequent decision of the court rendered it's previous decision demonstrably wrong, and the court's subsequent decision directly conflicts with it's previous decision affirming a district court's order against a defendant? 7 :

Docket Entries

2022-03-28
Petition DENIED.
2022-03-10
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/25/2022.
2022-03-02
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2022-01-31
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due March 30, 2022)

Attorneys

Lorenzo Suttles
Lorenzo Suttles — Petitioner
United States
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent