No. 24-6130

Eugene Johnson v. United States

Lower Court: Fourth Circuit
Docketed: 2024-12-12
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: compassionate-release due-process judicial-discretion sentencing-modification statutory-interpretation trial-defects
Key Terms:
DueProcess HabeasCorpus
Latest Conference: 2025-01-24
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a district court judge may consider due process violations, defects in the trial, and conflicts of interest from the underlying trial when deciding a compassionate release case under 18 U.S.C. § 3582

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED Whether a district court judge may consider due process violations, defects in the trial, and conflicts of interest from the underlying trial when deciding a compassionate release case under 18 U.S.C. § 3582. i

Docket Entries

2025-01-27
Petition DENIED.
2025-01-09
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/24/2025.
2024-12-31
Waiver of United States of right to respond submitted.
2024-12-31
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2024-12-10
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due January 13, 2025)

Attorneys

Eugene Johnson
Robert James WagnerWagner & Wagner, Petitioner
United States
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent
Sarah M. HarrisActing Solicitor General, Respondent