No. 22-7618

Dennis Dewayne Jackson v. United States

Lower Court: Eleventh Circuit
Docketed: 2023-05-23
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: cruel-and-unusual-punishment cruel-unusual-punishment eighth-amendment first-time-offender non-violent-offense non-violent-offenses procedural-reasonableness sentencing-guidelines
Key Terms:
Punishment
Latest Conference: 2023-06-22
Question Presented (AI Summary)

whether-the-sentence-of-138-months'-imprisonment-imposed-on-a-first-time-offender-violated-the-eighth-amendment-prohibition-against-cruel-and-unusual-punishment

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

No question identified. : STATEMENT OF THE ISSUE(S) WHETHER THE SENTENCE OF 138 MONTHS’ IMPRISONMENT IMPOSED ON A FIRST-TIME OFFENDER VIOLATED THE EIGHTH AMENDMENT PROHIBITION AGAINST CRUEL AND UNUSUAL PUNISHMENT WHERE MR. DENNIS JACKSON WAS CONVICTED OF NON-VIOLENT OFFENSES. WHETHER THE DISTRICT COURT IMPOSED A PROCEDURALLY UNREASONABLE SENTENCE WHEN IT MISAPPLIED THE SENTENCING GUIDELINES WHICH RESULTED IN A SENTENCE OF 138 MONTHS IMPRISONMENT FOR A FIRST TIME OFFENDER CONVICTED OF NONVIOLENT OFFENSES. : WHETHER THE DISTRICT COURT COMMITTED AN ERROR IN IMPOSINGAN UNREASONABLE SENTENCE UNDER THE FACTS AND CIRCUMSTANCES OF THIS PARTICULAR CASE. i

Docket Entries

2023-06-26
Petition DENIED.
2023-06-07
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/22/2023.
2023-05-30
Waiver of right of respondent United States Of America to respond filed.
2023-05-16
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due June 22, 2023)

Attorneys

Dennis Jackson
Noel LawrenceLaw Offices Of Noel G. Lawrence, P. A., Petitioner
Noel LawrenceLaw Offices Of Noel G. Lawrence, P. A., Petitioner
United States Of America
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent