No. 24-5481

Cody Mercure v. United States

Lower Court: First Circuit
Docketed: 2024-09-06
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: criminal-procedure eighth-amendment federal-sentencing judicial-review proportionality sentencing-guidelines
Key Terms:
Punishment Jurisdiction
Latest Conference: 2024-10-11
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a 300-month sentence for a federal offense violates the Eighth Amendment's prohibition on grossly disproportionate sentences due to potential procedural flaws in United States Sentencing Guideline 2G2.2

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED 1. Did the sentence of three hundred months violate the grossly disproportionate protection afforded by the unusual sentence prohibition under the Eighth Amendment because United States Sentencing guideline 2G2.2 was not the product of the institutional role of the United States Sentencing Commission? i

Docket Entries

2024-10-15
Petition DENIED.
2024-09-19
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/11/2024.
2024-09-16
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2024-09-03
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due October 7, 2024)

Attorneys

United States
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent