No. 23-5170

Peter Robert Jordan, aka Richard Mercer v. United States

Lower Court: Fourth Circuit
Docketed: 2023-07-21
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: aggregate-sentence covered-counts criminal-law criminal-sentencing federal-sentencing first-step-act judicial-discretion non-covered-counts sentencing-reduction statutory-interpretation
Key Terms:
Securities Immigration
Latest Conference: 2023-09-26
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether Section 404(b) of the First Step Act authorizes the lower courts to impose a reduced aggregate sentence on both covered and non-covered counts in Petitioner's case?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION(S) PRESENTED . Whether Section 404(b) of the First Step Act authorizes the lower courts to impose a reduced aggregate seutence on both covered and non-covered counts in Petitioner's case? Because if so, Petitioner's sentence would uot have remained the same on Couuts 1, 2, and 3. : ay

Docket Entries

2023-10-02
Petition DENIED.
2023-07-27
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/26/2023.
2023-07-25
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2023-07-12
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due August 21, 2023)

Attorneys

Peter Jordan
Peter Robert Jordan — Petitioner
Peter Robert Jordan — Petitioner
United States
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent