No. 22-6255

Deonte Courtez Gates v. United States

Lower Court: Sixth Circuit
Docketed: 2022-12-08
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: blakely-v-washington circuit-court-conflict constitutional-interpretation eighth-amendment federal-law juvenile-defendant relevant-conduct sentencing-guidelines
Key Terms:
Punishment
Latest Conference: 2023-01-06
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the relevant conduct sentencing guideline is unconstitutional under the Eighth Amendment as applied to conduct committed by a juvenile defendant

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED FOR REVIEW L. Whether the relevant conduct sentencing guideline is unconstitutional under the Eighth Amendment as applied to conduct committed by a juvenile defendant. I. Whether the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals decided an important question of federal law in a way that conflicts with this Court’s holdings in Blakely v. Washington, 542 U.S. 296 (2004) and United States v. Booker, 543 U.S. 220 (2005). ii

Docket Entries

2023-01-09
Petition DENIED.
2022-12-22
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/6/2023.
2022-12-14
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2022-12-05
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due January 9, 2023)

Attorneys

Deonte Gates
Matthew George BorgulaSBBL Law, PLLC, Petitioner
Matthew George BorgulaSBBL Law, PLLC, Petitioner
United States
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent