No. 22-6699

Marquita Leigh Meredith v. United States

Lower Court: Fourth Circuit
Docketed: 2023-02-03
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: compassionate-release criminal-procedure district-court federal-sentencing policy-statement sentencing statutory-interpretation
Key Terms:
SocialSecurity Securities Immigration
Latest Conference: 2023-03-03
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a 2007 policy statement binds a district court in deciding a defendant's motion for compassionate release

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

questions presented here is whether 2007 statement is an "applicable" policy gtatenent that binds a district court when deciding whether to grant a defendant filed motion for a sentence reduction under the compassionate release provision and a matter of statutory interpretation whether the commission's existing policy statement is “applicable"to defendant filed motions.

Docket Entries

2023-03-06
Petition DENIED.
2023-02-16
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/3/2023.
2023-02-08
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2023-01-24
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due March 6, 2023)

Attorneys

Marquita L. Meredith
Marquita Leigh Meredith — Petitioner
United States
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent