No. 24-5248

Jason Wade Grant v. United States

Lower Court: Fifth Circuit
Docketed: 2024-08-06
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process individualized-sentencing mitigating-factors sentencing-discretion
Latest Conference: 2024-09-30
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a sentencing court's failure to consider mitigating factors and individual circumstances violates a defendant's constitutional rights to individualized sentencing

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

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Docket Entries

2024-10-07
Petition DENIED.
2024-08-15
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/30/2024.
2024-08-12
Waiver of United States of right to respond submitted.
2024-08-12
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2024-08-01
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due September 5, 2024)
2024-05-31
Application (23A1076) granted by Justice Alito extending the time to file until August 2, 2024.
2024-05-17
Application (23A1076) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from June 3, 2024 to August 2, 2024, submitted to Justice Alito.

Attorneys

Jason W. Grant
Jason Wade Grant — Petitioner
United States
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent