No. 21-7510
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: bureau-of-prisons compassionate-release criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing extraordinary-circumstances federal-corrections federal-sentencing-guidelines sentence-reduction sentencing statutory-interpretation
Key Terms:
DueProcess HabeasCorpus Securities
DueProcess HabeasCorpus Securities
Latest Conference:
2022-04-29
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether Criminal Defendants may use the 'recently amended' Compassionate Release Statute to reduce or correct an excessive, and/or defective or illegal sentence
Question Presented (OCR Extract)
QUESTION PRESENTED Whether Criminal Defendants may use the “recently amended" : Compassionate Release Statute [18 U.S.C. Sec. 3582(c)(1)(A}I'to 26 reduce or correct an excessive, and/or defective or illegal _ sentence as an extraordinary or compelling circumstances which : could not have been reasonably foreseen by the court at the time *. of sentencing under the "Other Reasons" criteria set forth by the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines, Federal Bureau of Prisons and/or the . , Code of Federal Regulations. i . po . | . | | . | | . | . | | | | : | !
Docket Entries
2022-05-02
Petition DENIED.
2022-04-14
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/29/2022.
2022-04-06
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2022-03-31
Application (21A135) granted by Justice Thomas extending the time to file until January 15, 2022.
2022-01-13
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due May 2, 2022)
2021-11-29
Application (21A135) to extend further the time from December 16, 2021 to January 15, 2022, submitted to Justice Thomas.
2021-11-05
Application (21A135) granted by Justice Thomas extending the time to file until December 16, 2021.
2021-10-26
Application (21A135) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from November 16, 2021 to January 15, 2022, submitted to Justice Thomas.
Attorneys
United States
Elizabeth B. Prelogar — Solicitor General, Respondent
Elizabeth B. Prelogar — Solicitor General, Respondent