| 25-6636 |
Donnie Bryant v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2026-01-21 |
Pending |
IFP |
18-usc-3582 924c-convictions extraordinary-compelling-reasons first-step-act juvenile-sentencing sentence-modification |
1. Should a defendant's juvenile status at the time of the offense qualify as an extraordinary and compelling reason for a modification of a term of i… |
| 25A783 |
Crystal Greenlaw v. United States |
First Circuit |
2026-01-07 |
Application |
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18-usc-3582 compassionate-release district-court-discretion pro-se procedural-due-process sentence-reduction |
Question not identified. |
| 24-1255 |
Malcom Anwar Williams v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2025-06-09 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
18-usc-3582 compassionate-release criminal-history rehabilitation-evidence sentence-reduction sentencing-discretion |
Whether a district court errs when it denies a motion for reduction of sentence or compassionate release under 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(1)(A) on the ground… |
| 24-6784 |
Jose Sanchez Adame v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2025-03-17 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3582 due-process equal-protection guideline-amendment pro-se-petition sentencing-reduction |
Whether a district court may deny a Retroactive Amendment Reduction under 18 USC § 3582(c)(2) based solely on documents on the record that the defenda… |
| 24-50 |
Marlo Helmstetter v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-07-17 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
18-usc-3553a 18-usc-3582 compassionate-release concepcion-v-united-states district-court-discretion extraordinary-and-compelling-reasons extraordinary-reasons sentencing-commission sentencing-reduction statutory-interpretation |
Whether the procedural approach adopted by several circuit courts of considering only the 18 U.S.C. §3553(a) factors, without first determining whethe… |
| 23-7309 |
Jessie Vasquez v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2024-04-26 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3582 3553a-factors abuse-of-discretion concepcion-v-united-states crack-cocaine criminal-sentencing discretionary-review first-step-act sentence-reduction sentencing-factors |
Whether the District Court abused its discretion or erred in denying Mr. Vasquez's request for a sentence reduction under 18 U.S.C. 3582(c)(1)(A) and … |
| 23-6466 |
Edgar Lerma Flores, aka Carlos Alberto Penuelas Rodriguez, aka Carlos Alberto Pencelas Rodriguez v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2024-01-11 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3582 abuse-of-discretion extraordinary-compelling-reason extraordinary-reason guideline-ranges methamphetamine-disparity methamphetamine-purity sentencing-guidelines sentencing-reduction sixth-circuit |
Whether the disparity in Guideline ranges for offenses involving pure methamphetamine and those involving a mixture of methamphetamine can be consider… |
| 23-555 |
Louis A. Wilson v. United States |
District of Columbia |
2023-11-22 |
Denied |
|
18-usc-3582 circuit-split concepcion-v-united-states extraordinary-and-compelling-reasons extraordinary-reasons habeas habeas-corpus non-retroactive-law sentencing-commission sentencing-reduction u-s-sentencing-commission |
Can non-retroactive changes in the law constitute 'extraordinary and compelling reasons' authorizing a district court to reduce a prisoner's sentence … |
| 23-6019 |
Luis Olivares v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2023-11-16 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3582 criminal-sentencing district-court district-court-discretion exceptional-circumstances fair-sentencing-act sentence-modification statutory-interpretation |
Whether the Fair Sentencing Act, 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(1)(A), permits a district court to modify Mr. Olivares' unusually long sentence in this exception… |
| 23-5951 |
Rodney L. Love v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2023-11-03 |
Denied |
IFP |
18-usc-3582 appellate-review compassionate-release criminal-sentencing extraordinary-and-compelling-reasons extraordinary-reasons federal-law retroactivity sentence-reduction statutory-interpretation |
Whether non-retroactive changes in federal law can serve as 'extraordinary and compelling reasons' warranting a sentence reduction under 18 U.S.C. § 3… |
| 23-5909 |
Eric A. Zevely v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2023-10-30 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
18-usc-3582 article-iii-courts constitutional-challenge criminal-procedure federal-court-jurisdiction federal-criminal-conviction judicial-power prosecutorial-misconduct standing subject-matter-jurisdiction |
Whether a motion under 18 U.S.C. § 3582 is a point in the litigation permitting a defendant to challenge subject-matter jurisdiction, where case law b… |
| 23-354 |
Wolfgang Von Vader v. United States |
Seventh Circuit |
2023-10-03 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
18-usc-3582 changes-in-law criminal-sentencing extraordinary-and-compelling-reasons extraordinary-circumstances federal-criminal-law judicial-discretion sentence-modification sentence-reduction sentencing-reduction statutory-interpretation |
Whether courts may consider changes in the law in assessing whether 'extraordinary and compelling reasons' warrant a sentence reduction under section … |
| 23-5675 |
Brandon A. House v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2023-09-29 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3582 appellate-court appellate-court-interpretation concepcion-precedent concepcion-v-united-states district-court district-court-discretion extraordinary-and-compelling extraordinary-compelling-reasons section-3582 sentencing-modification |
When does the power to modify a sentence based on 'extraordinary and compelling' reasons rest with the district court that imposed the sentence? |
| 23-5669 |
Steven Grimm v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2023-09-29 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3582 2255-petition compassionate-release compassionate-relief district-court federal-prisoner first-amendment habeas-corpus religious-beliefs religious-exemption rluipa section-3582 |
Where a federal prisoner's religious beliefs prevented him from getting vaccinated, was it error for the district court to deny his motion for compass… |
| 23-5340 |
Lewis Gilmore Hurst v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-08-11 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3582 appellate-review court-of-appeals criminal-sentencing due-process fifth-circuit judicial-discretion sentencing-errors statutory-interpretation |
Whether the Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit may prohibit consideration of sentencing errors under 18 USC §3582(c)(1)(A) |
| 22-7567 |
Enrique Infante, Jr. v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2023-05-16 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3553 18-usc-3582 compassionate-release extraordinary-and-compelling extraordinary-compelling-reasons judicial-discretion medical-care sentencing sentencing-factors statutory-interpretation |
Whether inadequate medical care for a treatable illness is a categorically insufficient basis to qualify as an extraordinary and compelling reason for… |
| 22-7533 |
Terence Crawley v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2023-05-11 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3582 civil-rights compassionate-release criminal-procedure discretionary-relief district-court-discretion due-process first-step-act non-frivolous-arguments sentencing sentencing-relief supreme-court-ruling |
Whether the district court is obligated to consider a defendant's non-frivolous arguments when exercising its discretion to grant or deny relief under… |
| 22-7367 |
Christopher J. Bailey v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2023-04-25 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3582 abuse-of-discretion concepcion-precedent concepcion-v-united-states criminal-justice-reform criminal-sentencing district-court-discretion first-step-act precedent sentence-reduction sentencing |
Whether the district court abused its discretion in denying petitioner's motion for a sentence reduction under the First Step Act |
| 22-7261 |
Susan Elise Prophet v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2023-04-12 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3582 abuse-of-discretion appellate-review compassionate-release criminal-procedure eighth-circuit federal-sentencing judicial-discretion sentence-reduction sentencing statutory-interpretation |
Whether the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit abused its discretion in denying Prophet's Motion for Compassionate Release/Reductio… |
| 22-7210 |
David McCall, Jr. v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2023-04-05 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3582 circuit-split criminal-procedure district-court-discretion extraordinary-compelling-reason sentence-reduction sentencing-law |
whether-district-court-may-consider-sentencing-disparity |
| 22-7101 |
Charles Eugene Nolden v. United States |
Third Circuit |
2023-03-24 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3582 abuse-of-discretion compassionate-release criminal-justice criminal-sentencing federal-statute sentence-reduction sentencing third-circuit |
Whether the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit abused its discretion in denying Nolden's Motion for Compassionate Release/Reduction … |
| 22-783 |
Victor J. Orena v. United States |
Second Circuit |
2023-02-17 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
18-usc-3553 18-usc-3582 concepcion-v-united-states district-court-authority extraordinary-and-compelling-circumstances extraordinary-circumstances first-step-act sentence-reduction sentencing sentencing-discretion statutory-interpretation |
Whether district courts have authority to consider intervening changes in facts in First Step Act motions |
| 22-738 |
Robert A. Mangine v. Shannon D. Withers, Warden |
Seventh Circuit |
2023-02-07 |
Denied |
Relisted (2) |
18-usc-3582 career-offender circuit-split habeas-corpus miscarriage-of-justice savings-clause sentence-reduction sentencing-error sentencing-errors statutory-rights |
Whether and under what circumstances relief is available under § 2255(e) for federal prisoners challenging errors in their sentences |
| 22-6379 |
Leetavious Gaines v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2022-12-22 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3582 circuit-split compassionate-release defendant-motion district-court-discretion first-step-act policy-statement sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation |
Whether Section 1B1.13 of the United States Sentencing Guidelines is an 'applicable' policy statement that binds the district court in considering a d… |
| 22-5894 |
Terrence Gibbs v. United States |
Third Circuit |
2022-10-24 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
18-usc-3582 compassionate-release criminal-justice extraordinary-and-compelling extraordinary-circumstances federal-sentencing-law federal-statute judicial-discretion retroactivity sentence-reduction sentencing sentencing-law |
Whether non-retroactive changes in federal sentencing law comprise 'extraordinary and compelling' circumstances for compassionate release |
| 22-5878 |
William D. King v. United States |
Seventh Circuit |
2022-10-20 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
18-usc-3582 circuit-split extraordinary-and-compelling extraordinary-compelling-reason judicial-decisions judicial-discretion legal-developments sentence-modification statutory-interpretation |
When district courts may consider intervening judicial decisions and legal developments in determining 'extraordinary and compelling' reasons for sent… |
| 22-5859 |
Marcal Fraction v. United States |
Third Circuit |
2022-10-18 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
18-usc-3582 circuit-split compassionate-release extraordinary-and-compelling-reasons extraordinary-reasons retroactivity sentencing-law statutory-interpretation |
Whether non-retroactive changes in sentencing law can constitute extraordinary and compelling reasons for compassionate release under 18 U.S.C. § 3582… |
| 22-5701 |
Terry Wayne Cope v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2022-09-27 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3582 compassionate-release congress covid-19 criminal-procedure district-court judicial-discretion public-health sentencing |
Does the precedent that a defendant's incarceration during the COVID-19 Pandemic, when the defendant has access to the COVID-19 vaccine, does not pres… |
| 22-5533 |
Dario Pinson v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2022-09-08 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3582 18-usc-3582c compassionate-release criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus judicial-discretion sentencing |
Whether the district court's failure to properly consider the appropriate factors pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c) before denying Mr. Pinson's motion f… |
| 22-5253 |
Dennis Charles Helmer v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2022-08-02 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3582 circuit-split compassionate-release covid-19 criminal-justice-reform first-step-act medical-care sentencing-discretion sentencing-guidelines |
Whether the District Court erred in denying relief to Petitioner's 18 U.S.C. 3582(c)(1)(A)(i) motion based on the applicability of 18 U.S.C. 3553(a)(2… |
| 22-5161 |
Antonio M. Taylor v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2022-07-22 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3582 criminal-procedure district-court-discretion extraordinary-and-compelling-reasons extraordinary-circumstances retroactivity sentence-reduction sentencing-law statutory-interpretation |
Whether a district court may consider nonretroactive changes in sentencing law in determining whether a defendant has shown 'extraordinary and compell… |
| 22-5143 |
Malia Arciero v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2022-07-20 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3582 abuse-of-discretion appellate-discretion compassionate-release criminal-justice federal-statute judicial-review motion-reconsideration reconsideration sentencing sentencing-modification |
Whether the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit abused its discretion in denying Arciero's Motion for Compassionate Release Under 18 … |
| 21-8082 |
Arthur Houze v. United States |
Third Circuit |
2022-06-07 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3582 circuit-split compassionate-release extraordinary-and-compelling-reasons extraordinary-reasons retroactivity sentencing-law statutory-interpretation |
Whether non-retroactive changes in sentencing law can constitute extraordinary and compelling reasons for compassionate release under 18 U.S.C. § 3582… |
| 21-8021 |
Frank W. Coon v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2022-06-01 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3582 abuse-of-discretion compassionate-release criminal-justice district-court-discretion first-step-act sentence-reduction sentencing standard-of-review |
Whether the District Court Abused its Discretion by Denying Mr. Coon's Motion for Compassionate Release? |
| 21-8014 |
Reginald Woods v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2022-06-01 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3582 district-court district-court-discretion first-step-act policy-statement sentence-reduction sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation |
Whether U.S.S.G. § 1B1.13 is an 'applicable' policy statement that binds a district court in considering a defendant-filed motion for sentence reducti… |
| 21-7951 |
Omar Sierre Folk v. United States |
Third Circuit |
2022-05-24 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3553 18-usc-3582 3582-motion community-safety compassionate-release criminal-sentencing danger-to-community district-court due-process sentence-reduction sentencing-factors third-circuit |
Whether the Third Circuit or District Court Erred in Denying Petitioner § 3582(c)(1)(A) Release or Reduction of Sentence |
| 21-7859 |
Brandis Nicole Fish v. United States |
Tenth Circuit |
2022-05-13 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3553 18-usc-3582 compassionate-release district-court-review first-time-offender medical-records non-violent-offender sentence-reduction sentencing-reduction statutory-interpretation ussg-guidelines |
Did the district court thoroughly review petitioner's request for compassionate release? |
| 21-7700 |
Ronald Hunter v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2022-04-26 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3582 criminal-sentencing district-court district-court-discretion extraordinary-and-compelling extraordinary-compelling-reasons rehabilitation sentencing-guidelines sentencing-law sentencing-reduction statutory-interpretation |
Whether a district court may consider changes in sentencing law as a possible 'extraordinary and compelling' reason warranting a sentence reduction un… |
| 21-7460 |
Eric Dean Smith v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2022-03-24 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3582 abuse-of-discretion compassionate-release criminal-procedure due-process sentencing |
Did the Courts Abuse Discretion in Denying Compassionate Release under 18 U.S.C. 3582(c)(1)(A) |
| 21-7386 |
Sandchase Cody v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2022-03-16 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3582 compassionate-release district-court district-court-discretion due-process federal-criminal-procedure first-step-act sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation |
Whether Section 121.15 of the United States Sentencing Guidelines on 'Applicable Data Statement' binds a district court when considering a motion for … |
| 21-1208 |
Eric Andrews v. United States |
Third Circuit |
2022-03-04 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
18-usc-3582 18-usc-924c circuit-split criminal-sentencing district-court-discretion extraordinary-and-compelling-reasons first-step-act section-924(c) sentence-reduction sentencing-reduction statutory-interpretation |
Whether a district court may consider the 2018 amendment to the sentences mandated by 18 U.S.C. § 924(c) in determining whether a defendant has shown … |
| 21-7238 |
Holli Wrice v. United States |
Seventh Circuit |
2022-03-01 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3582 3553(a)-factors compassionate-release congressional-intent criminal-justice-reform criminal-procedure extraordinary-and-compelling extraordinary-circumstances retroactive-sentencing sentencing-reduction sentencing-reform statutory-interpretation |
Whether district courts can reduce a defendant's sentence based on the reason that the defendant is serving a sentence for an offense for which the pe… |
| 21-7219 |
Lorenzo Suttles v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2022-02-28 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3582 compassionate-release criminal-justice-reform criminal-procedure federal-courts first-step-act miscarriage-of-justice sentencing-reduction sentencing-reform statutory-interpretation |
Whether a pre-FSA defendant's circumstances changed by Congress's clarification of §924(c) may constitute extraordinary and compelling reasons for com… |
| 21-7136 |
Gregory Nesbitt, aka Spooky v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2022-02-16 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3582 circuit-split compassionate-release district-court first-step-act policy-statement sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation |
Whether Section 1B1.13 of the United States Sentencing Guidelines is an 'applicable' policy statement that binds the district court in considering a d… |
| 21-7134 |
Anthony Jerome Bell v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2022-02-16 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3553 18-usc-3582 circuit-split compassionate-release district-court-discretion extraordinary-reasons first-step-act intervening-developments legal-developments sentencing sentencing-factors |
Must a district court specifically address a defendant's non-frivolous § 3553(a) arguments based on intervening developments when denying compassionat… |
| 21-7054 |
Ervin Walker, Jr. v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2022-02-03 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3553 18-usc-3582 abuse-of-discretion compassionate-release criminal-procedure district-court-discretion sentencing-factors sentencing-guidelines sentencing-reduction ussg-1b1.13 |
Whether the District Court abused its discretion in denying Petitioner's Motion for Compassionate Release |
| 21-6687 |
Rory Lee Zirkelbach v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2021-12-21 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3582 career-offender district-court-discretion extraordinary-and-compelling extraordinary-reasons sentence-reduction sentencing-disparity sentencing-error sentencing-guideline statutory-interpretation |
Whether a sentencing error and resulting disparity can constitute an 'extraordinary and compelling reason' for a sentence reduction under 18 U.S.C. § … |
| 21-6397 |
Viengxay Chantharath, aka OG v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2021-11-23 |
Denied |
IFP |
18-usc-3582 circuit-split extraordinary-and-compelling-reasons extraordinary-reasons first-step-act mandatory-minimum retroactivity sentence-reduction sentencing-law |
Can a nonretroactive change in the sentencing law satisfy the 'extraordinary and compelling reasons' standard for a reduction in sentence under 18 U.S… |
| 21-6336 |
Darrin Lashaon Betts v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2021-11-18 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3582 21-usc-841(a)(1)-(b)(1)(a) amendment-782 criminal-procedure fed-r-crim-p-11(c)(1)(c) fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment plea-agreement sentencing-guidelines statutory-law type-c-agreement |
Whether a defendant is eligible for 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(1)(2) relief |
| 21-6335 |
Chi Mak v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2021-11-18 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3582 abuse-of-discretion compassionate-release criminal-procedure judicial-review sentencing sentencing-discretion sentencing-factors statutory-factors statutory-interpretation |
Whether the district court abused its discretion and acted unreasonably in denying Mak's motion for compassionate release |
| 21-6068 |
Ronald Tingle v. United States |
Seventh Circuit |
2021-10-25 |
Denied |
IFP |
18-usc-3582 district-court drug-offenses extraordinary-and-compelling-reasons extraordinary-compelling-reasons first-step-act sentence-reduction sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation |
Whether a district judge is categorically prohibited from considering the First Step Act's amendment to penalties for drug offenses when determining w… |
| 21-6060 |
Ance Payton v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2021-10-22 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3582 compassionate-release covid-19 criminal-procedure district-court federal-criminal-procedure health-conditions motion sentencing |
Whether the district court erred by denying Mr. Payton's Motion for Compassionate Release under 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(1)(A) |
| 21-5671 |
Vicente Corona v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2021-09-14 |
Denied |
IFP |
18-usc-3553 18-usc-3582 compassionate-release criminal-sentencing extraordinary-compelling-reasons sentencing-disparities sentencing-reduction sentencing-reform statutory-interpretation |
Whether 'Extraordinary and Compelling Reasons' to Reduce a Defendant's Sentence under 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(1)(A)(i) may be based on any Factor a Court … |
| 21-5624 |
Ryan Scott Kibble v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2021-09-08 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3582 abuse-of-discretion chronic-health-conditions chronic-health-issues compassionate-release district-court-discretion global-pandemic incarceration pandemic-incarceration sentencing-modification |
Whether a district court abuses its discretion by refusing to grant compassionate relief |
| 21-5314 |
Thomas Brantley Jenkins, II v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2021-08-09 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3553 18-usc-3582 compassionate-release criminal-sentencing district-court-review judicial-discretion motion-analysis primary-contentions sentencing-factors statutory-interpretation written-findings |
Whether a district court fully considers the 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a) factors when ruling on a compassionate release motion under 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(1)(A)… |
| 21-5104 |
John G. Tomes, Jr. v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2021-07-14 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
18-usc-3582 compassionate-release criminal-justice criminal-procedure due-process extraordinary-circumstances judicial-discretion sentencing-disparities sentencing-guidelines sentencing-reduction sentencing-reform statutory-interpretation |
Whether 'Extraordinary and Compelling Reasons' to Reduce a Defendant's Sentence under 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(1)(A)(i) may be based on any Factor a Court … |
| 20-1807 |
Dontour D. Drakes v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2021-06-28 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2) |
18-usc-3582 18-usc-3582c2 amendment-782 career-offender criminal-sentencing retroactive-amendment sentencing-guidelines substantial-assistance united-states-v-hughes |
Whether a career offender who provided substantial assistance is eligible for a sentence reduction under 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(2) based on the judge's c… |
| 20-8085 |
Michael James Barnes v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2021-05-20 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3582 compassionate-release covid-19 covid-19-pandemic extraordinary-circumstances federal-statute health-conditions prisoner-relief sentencing sentencing-modification |
Whether the district court erred by denying Mr. Barnes' Motion for Compassionate Release under 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(1)(A) |
| 20-7832 |
Chadwick Marvin Thompson v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2021-04-22 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3582 compassionate-release criminal-procedure extraordinary-circumstances federal-sentencing judicial-discretion sentencing sentencing-reduction statutory-interpretation |
What qualifies as 'extraordinary and compelling circumstances' under a Motion for Compassionate release, 18 U.S.C. 3582(c)(1) (A)? |
| 20-7694 |
Eusebio Escobar de Jesus v. United States |
First Circuit |
2021-04-08 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3582 circuit-split compassionate-release due-process fifth-amendment first-step-act sentencing statutory-interpretation |
Whether the First Circuit erred in affirming the denial of Petitioner's Motion for Compassionate Release under the First Step Act |
| 20-6943 |
Ronald Lewis Coleman, Jr. v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2021-01-26 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3582 circuit-split compassionate-release criminal-sentencing extraordinary-and-compelling-reasons first-step-act mandatory-minimum mandatory-minimum-sentences sentence-reduction sentencing |
Whether the changes in applicable mandatory minimum sentences worked by the First Step Act can provide extraordinary and compelling reasons to support… |
| 20-6095 |
Ray Anthony Chaney v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2020-10-22 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-USC-3582 compassionate-release covid-19 criminal-justice district-court federal-criminal-procedure health-conditions home-confinement motion sentencing |
Whether the district court erred by denying Mr. Chaney's Motion for Compassionate Release under 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(1)(A) |
| 20-5997 |
Zaira Franco v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2020-10-13 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3582 administrative-exhaustion administrative-remedies compassionate-release criminal-justice exhaustion federal-procedure judicial-review sentencing statutory-interpretation |
Whether the district court erred by ruling that exhaustion of administrative remedies is required before a court can consider a motion for compassiona… |
| 20-5857 |
Alimamy Barrie v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2020-10-01 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-USC-3582 criminal-procedure discretion federal-sentencing guidelines judicial-discretion retroactivity sentencing sentencing-amendment statutory-interpretation |
Whether a post-sentencing clarifying guideline amendment is applicable to a defendant |
| 20-5373 |
Don Nell Hawkins v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2020-08-17 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
16-usc-3582 18-usc-3582 criminal-sentencing first-step-act sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation |
Whether the District Court erred by relying on the strictures of 16 U.S.C. § 3582(b) and U.S.S.G. § 1B1.10, as opposed to 18 U.S.C. § 3582(a), in deci… |
| 19-7940 |
Luis Fernandez Morales v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2020-03-10 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3582 28-usc-1915 appeals appellate-procedure criminal-appeal criminal-procedure federal-courts in-forma-pauperis merits-determination sentence-modification sentencing statutory-interpretation |
Whether defendant in a federal criminal case is entitled to appeal the district court's judgment denying motion to modify sentence under 18 U.S.C. § 3… |
| 19-7804 |
Ramon F. Flores v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2020-02-27 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3582 appeal criminal-procedure drug-quantity guideline-range guidelines procedural-bar sentence-reduction sentencing sentencing-amendment |
Whether a defendant is procedurally barred from appealing the district court's original drug quantity determination in a sentence reduction applicatio… |
| 19-6020 |
Jose Romeu v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2019-09-20 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3582 amendment-599 amendment-782 drug-amount presentence-investigation-report sentence-reduction sentencing-guidelines |
Whether the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals committed error in its affirmance of the District Court's denial of Petitioner Jose Romeu's 18 U.S.C. § … |
| 19-5856 |
Amando Villarreal Heredia v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-09-06 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3582 18-usc-3582c2 drug-quantity fed-r-crim-p-11 federal-criminal-procedure federal-rules-of-criminal-procedure guidelines-range modification-proceeding plea-agreement sentence-recalculation sentencing-guidelines sentencing-modification |
In a Modification Proceeding pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(2), may a district court make new findings of fact to recalculate drug-quantity beyond th… |
| 19-5743 |
Michael Dewayne Hegwood v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-08-28 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3553 18-usc-3582 binding-precedent career-offender criminal-procedure criminal-resentencing federal-jurisdiction first-step-act jurisdiction sentencing sentencing-reduction statutory-interpretation |
Does the First Step Act authorize a court to 'impose' a reduced sentence in accordance with such statutes as 18 U.S.C. §§ 3553(a) and 3582(a), or does… |
| 19-5223 |
Bobby Minnis v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2019-07-19 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3582 criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process ex-parte-communication ex-parte-communications federal-sentencing judicial-discretion sentencing-modification state-sentencing |
Whether a federal district judge can amend a final sentence years later to a defendant's detriment |
| 18-9735 |
Carlton Darden v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2019-06-19 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3582 criminal-sentencing dillion-v-united-states district-court-authority due-process evidence judicial-discretion judicial-review new-evidence offense-conduct sentencing-guidelines sentencing-modification statutory-interpretation united-states-sentencing-guidelines united-states-v-adams ussg-1b1.10 |
Does 18 USC 3582(c)(2) after Dillion give a district court authority to make additional finding as to offense conduct attributable to a defendant base… |
| 18-8821 |
Sealed Appellant v. Sealed Appellee |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-04-15 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
18-usc-3582 18-usc-3582c2 5k1.1-motion criminal-sentencing judicial-discretion koons-v-united-states mandatory-minimum sentence-reduction sentencing-commission sentencing-guidelines substantial-assistance |
Can a defendant receive a 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(2) sentence reduction when the district court discarded the mandatory minimum because of a substantial-a… |
| 18-8632 |
Marcos Lopez-Guzman v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2019-03-29 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3553 18-usc-3582 appellate-review criminal-sentencing judicial-discretion plain-error retroactivity sentencing-guidelines sentencing-guidelines-reduction,18-usc-3582,amendm sentencing-reduction statutory-interpretation |
Whether the United States Court of Appeals committed a clear error in denying Appellant's two-level reduction pursuant to § 3582(C)(2) and Amendment 7… |
| 18-8395 |
Janet Sonja Schonewolf v. United States |
Third Circuit |
2019-03-14 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3582 circuit-split criminal-sentencing prison-sentence prison-term rehabilitation sentencing-discretion sentencing-reform-act statutory-interpretation tapia-v-united-states |
Whether § 3582(a) prohibits sentencing courts from taking rehabilitation into consideration at all in selecting a prison sentence, or whether it merel… |
| 18-8192 |
James Anthony Barnett, Jr. v. Alamance County Sheriff Office Detention Center, et al. |
Fourth Circuit |
2019-02-28 |
Denied |
IFP |
18-usc-3582 access-to-courts administrative-law civil-rights compassionate-release due-process federal-courts first-amendment prison-conditions standing |
Did the United States District Courts of North Carolina unlawfully deny petitioner's motion for compassionate release under 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(1)(A) |
| 18-8095 |
Enrique Gamino-Perez v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-02-22 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3582 compassionate-release criminal-justice criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing federal-sentencing-guidelines retroactive-application retroactivity sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation |
Whether a criminal defendant should receive retroactive application of sentencing guidelines under 18 USC 3582(c) |
| 18-7511 |
Edwin J. Ortiz-Fagot v. United States |
First Circuit |
2019-01-24 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3582 criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-3582-c-2 criminal-statute due-process non-delegation retroactive-application sentencing sentencing-guidelines sentencing-modification statutory-interpretation |
Whether the district court's modification of a sentence via 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a) to include deciding whether to retroactively apply the plain language … |
| 18-7557 |
Terveus Hyppolite v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2019-01-24 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3582 career-offender constitutional-challenge criminal-sentencing due-process rule-of-lenity sentencing-commission sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation |
Whether Title 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(2) is unconstitutional |
| 18-7454 |
Tyshaun St. Vallier v. United States |
Third Circuit |
2019-01-16 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3582 18-usc-3582(c)(2) constitutional-statutory-provisions district-court district-court-discretion lodestone lodestone-principle sentence-reduction sentence-reductions sentencing sentencing-decisions sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation third-circuit |
Are district courts required to maintain the Sentencing Guidelines as the lodestone of the sentencing decision when ruling on motions for sentence red… |
| 18-7348 |
Edgar Arnold Garcia v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2019-01-10 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3582 18-USC-3582c2 criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing dillon-v-united-states district-court-discretion due-process legal-error sentence-modification sentencing sentencing-guidelines sentencing-methodology statutory-interpretation statutory-maximum |
Whether Dillon v. United States requires reevaluation of original sentencing methodology in sentence modification proceedings under 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c… |
| 18-7249 |
John Doe v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-01-07 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
18-usc-3582 circuit-court-review criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing dillon-v-united-states federal-criminal-procedure federal-sentencing-guidelines judicial-discretion resentencing sentencing sentencing-modification statutory-interpretation |
Whether the holding in Dillon v. United States, 560 U.S. 817 (2010) applies to 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(1)(B) in the same manner it applies to 18 U.S.C. § … |
| 18-6498 |
Gildardo Majalca-Aguilar v. United States |
Tenth Circuit |
2018-10-30 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3582 amendment-782 criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing district-court-discretion drug-conspiracy drug-quantity due-process equal-protection sentence-reduction sentencing-disparity sentencing-guidelines |
Whether the district court erred in denying the motion for sentence reduction under Amendment 782 §3582(c)(2) despite the minimal quantities of drugs … |
| 18-6319 |
William Shane Reid v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2018-10-15 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
18-usc-3582 appellate-jurisdiction circuit-split criminal-sentencing discretionary-denial discretionary-review procedural-reasonableness review-standard sentence-reduction sentencing-guidelines |
Whether a court of appeals has jurisdiction to review a district court's discretionary denial of a sentence reduction under 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(2) |
| 18-5699 |
Chuck Wayne Boyd v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2018-08-22 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3553 18-usc-3582 3553-factors 3582-modification criminal-sentencing discretion inmate-progress judicial-discretion post-sentence-history pre-sentence-history sentence-reduction sentencing-guidelines usg-amendment-782 |
Whether the court abused its discretion in denying a sentence reduction under 18 U.S.C. § 3582 and U.S.S.G. Amendment 782 without adequately explainin… |
| 18-5644 |
Gesner Delva, aka Ti Blan v. United States |
Second Circuit |
2018-08-17 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3582 appellate-review circuit-court-precedent court-of-appeals criminal-sentencing district-court due-process equal-protection judicial-discretion precedent sentence-reduction sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation |
Whether the Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit Contrary to Its Own Precedent Affirmed the District Court's Judgment Order Whereby Denying the Pet… |
| 18-5615 |
Joel Chavira-Nunez v. United States |
Tenth Circuit |
2018-08-16 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3553 18-usc-3582 appellate-review brady-v-maryland brady-violation criminal-procedure due-process ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel plea-bargaining prosecutorial-misconduct sentencing sentencing-modification tenth-circuit-review |
Whether the District Court erred in ignoring undisputed facts establishing a Brady violation before allowing conflicted defense counsel to withdraw |
| 18-5606 |
Hagop Demirjian v. United States |
Seventh Circuit |
2018-08-15 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3582 amendment-782 circuit-split civil-procedure criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection judicial-discretion section-3582 sentence-disparity sentencing sentencing-disparity statutory-interpretation |
Whether there is a statutory preclusion for successive §3582 motions |
| 18-5552 |
Victoriano Vega-Jimenez, aka Jose Raul Hernandez v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2018-08-13 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
11th-circuit 18-usc-3582 18-usc-3582(c)(2) circuit-split conflict-with-precedent criminal-sentencing drug-amount drug-quantity drug-sentencing eligibility sentence-reduction sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation ussg-amendment-782 |
Whether the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit has entered a decision that is in conflict with its own precedent and the decision… |
| 18-5207 |
Omar Montoya v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2018-07-11 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3582 circumstances-beyond-control criminal-sentencing,sentencing-guidelines,abuse-of criminal-sentencing,sentencing-guidelines,sentenci discretion sentencing-guidelines sentencing-range timeliness |
Whether the district court erred in denying petitioner's request for resentencing under 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(2) due to a subsequent lowering of the sen… |