No. 23-7440

Michael Paul Puzey v. United States

Lower Court: Fourth Circuit
Docketed: 2024-05-09
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: bureau-of-prisons compassionate-release criminal-justice-reform federal-sentencing first-step-act judicial-review rehabilitation sentence-modification sentencing statutory-interpretation
Key Terms:
HabeasCorpus
Latest Conference: 2024-06-06
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the First Step Act's compassionate release provision should be interpreted to allow for the consideration of a defendant's rehabilitation and other factors beyond the specific criteria enumerated in the statute

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

Questions Presented 1. "Balancing Justice and Compassion: A Case for Revisiting Compassionate Release under the First Step Act" ii .

Docket Entries

2024-06-10
Petition DENIED.
2024-05-22
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/6/2024.
2024-05-16
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2024-02-27
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due June 10, 2024)

Attorneys

Michael Puzey
Michael Paul Puzey — Petitioner
United States
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent