18-u.s.c.-3553(a)

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
24-5550 Jarrod Eugene Davis v. United States Fourth Circuit 2024-09-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-U.S.C.-3553(a) criminal-sentencing juvenile-convictions sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation upward-departure Whether a sentencing court's upward departure based on juvenile convictions results in a sentence greater than necessary to achieve statutory sentenci…
21-8118 Myron Dejuan Orr v. United States Eighth Circuit 2022-06-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-U.S.C.-3553(a) 18-U.S.C.-3582(c) 18-usc-3553a 18-usc-3582c abuse-of-discretion circuit-split extraordinary-and-or-compelling-reasons first-step-act sentencing-disparity Whether the lower courts' rulings amount to an abuse of discretion when failing to consider that a disparity in sentencing amounts to an abuse of disc…
21-6584 Gregory Donell Eatmon v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2021-12-13 GVR Relisted (2)IFP 18-u.s.c.-3553(a) criminal-procedure district-court-discretion first-step-act section-404(b) sentencing sentencing-factors sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation u.s.-sentencing-guidelines Whether a district court must or may consider the 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a) sentencing factors, including the current sentencing range established by the U.…
21-5110 Junior Jean Baptiste v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2021-07-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-U.S.C.-3553(a) advisory-guidelines appellate-review criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing due-process judicial-discretion reasoned-decision sentencing sentencing-guidelines Should the sentencing judge be required to address relevant sentencing factors and provide a reasoned basis for discounting valid grounds for variance…