No. 22-6137
Bryan Thornton v. United States
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing district-court first-step-act intervening-legal-developments legal-developments retroactivity section-404(b) sentencing-reduction statutory-interpretation
Key Terms:
HabeasCorpus
HabeasCorpus
Latest Conference:
2023-01-06
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether a district court must or may consider intervening legal developments when deciding to impose a reduced sentence under the First Step Act of 2018
Question Presented (OCR Extract)
question presented here is the same as that presented in Concepcion v. United States, No. 20-1650, on which this Court granted certiorari on September 30, 2021, and heard oral argument on January 19, 2022: | Whether, when deciding if it should "impose a reduced sentence" on an individual under Section 404(b) of the | First Step Act of 2018, a district court must or may consider intervening legal developments. | | | 2.) 1S A DEFENDANT ELIGIBLE FOR RELIEF PURSUANT TO THE FIRST STEP ACT OF 2018 IF HE WAS CONVICTED UNDER 21 U.S.C. 848? | | | | | | 7
Docket Entries
2023-01-09
Petition DENIED. Justice Alito took no part in the consideration or decision of this petition.
2022-12-08
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/6/2023.
2022-12-01
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2022-10-31
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due December 22, 2022)
Attorneys
Bryan Thornton
Bryan Thornton — Petitioner
United States
Elizabeth B. Prelogar — Solicitor General, Respondent