No. 22-1216
Dwayne Ferguson v. United States
Tags: circuit-split criminal-procedure district-court-discretion extraordinary-and-compelling-reasons extraordinary-reasons first-step-act habeas-corpus legal-error sentence-reduction sentencing statutory-interpretation
Key Terms:
AdministrativeLaw HabeasCorpus
AdministrativeLaw HabeasCorpus
Latest Conference:
2024-02-23
(distributed 2 times)
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether 28 U.S.C. § 2255 limits a district court's discretion to consider legal errors in prior proceedings as 'extraordinary and compelling reasons' warranting a sentence reduction under 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(1)(A)
Question Presented (OCR Extract)
QUESTION PRESENTED Whether 28 U.S.C. § 2255 limits a district court’s discretion to consider—among other factors—legal errors in prior proceedings as “extraordinary and compelling reasons” warranting a sentence reduction under 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(1)(A) as amended by the First Step Act.
Docket Entries
2024-02-26
Petition DENIED.
2024-02-07
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/23/2024.
2023-11-21
Reply of petitioner Dwayne Ferguson filed.
2023-11-01
Brief of respondent United States in opposition filed.
2023-09-11
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including November 6, 2023.
2023-09-08
Motion to extend the time to file a response from October 2, 2023 to November 6, 2023, submitted to The Clerk.
2023-08-28
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including October 2, 2023.
2023-08-24
Motion to extend the time to file a response from September 1, 2023 to October 2, 2023, submitted to The Clerk.
2023-08-02
Response Requested. (Due September 1, 2023)
2023-07-05
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/26/2023.
2023-06-27
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2023-05-24
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due July 17, 2023)
2023-02-23
Application (22A760) granted by The Chief Justice extending the time to file until May 26, 2023.
2023-02-16
Application (22A760) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from March 28, 2023 to May 26, 2023, submitted to The Chief Justice.
Attorneys
Dwayne Ferguson
United States of America
Elizabeth B. Prelogar — Solicitor General, Respondent