No. 24-5822

Fernando De La Torre v. United States

Lower Court: Seventh Circuit
Docketed: 2024-10-25
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: criminal-justice-reform first-step-act incarceration-policy judicial-discretion rehabilitation sentencing-reduction
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Latest Conference: 2024-11-22
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Does the First Step Act's sentencing reduction provision allow for judicial discretion in resentencing based on changed incarceration policies and rehabilitation potential?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

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Docket Entries

2024-11-25
Petition DENIED.
2024-11-07
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/22/2024.
2024-10-30
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2024-08-03
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due November 25, 2024)

Attorneys

Fernando De La Torre
Fernando De La Torre — Petitioner
Fernando De La Torre — Petitioner
United States
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent