No. 24-5650

Roberto Yepez v. United States

Lower Court: Ninth Circuit
Docketed: 2024-09-27
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: circuit-split compassionate-release federal-criminal-procedure sentencing-modification statutory-interpretation supervised-release
Key Terms:
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Latest Conference: 2024-11-01
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the compassionate-release statute in 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(1) permits reducing supervised release across different circuit court interpretations

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

Question Presented Whether, as the Second and Seventh Circuits have indicated, the statute in 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(1) permits reducing supervised release. Or whether, as the Ninth Circuit held below, the statute does not permit reducing supervised release.

Docket Entries

2024-11-04
Petition DENIED.
2024-10-10
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/1/2024.
2024-10-03
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2024-09-24
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due October 28, 2024)

Attorneys

Roberto Yepez
Dale Francis Ogden Jr.Federal Public Defender, Petitioner
Dale Francis Ogden Jr.Federal Public Defender, Petitioner
United States
Elizabeth B. Prelogar — Respondent
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent