congress-intent

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
20-6155 Jordan Sandoval v. United States Tenth Circuit 2020-10-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review circuit-split congress-intent judicial-discretion proportional-sentencing reasonableness-standard reckless-conduct sentencing-guidelines sentencing-reform-act substantive-reasonableness Does the substantial deference afforded to within-Guidelines sentences permit appellate courts to permit a flawed Guideline to anchor the sentencing a…
19-7887 Juvenile Female v. United States Second Circuit 2020-03-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP adult-status congress-intent delinquency-prevention district-court-discretion due-process juvenile-justice juvenile-justice-and-delinquency-prevention-act juvenile-offenders juvenile-transfer sentencing supreme-court-precedent transfer-to-adult-status Whether a district court errs when it gives too much weight to the seriousness of charged offenses in deciding whether to transfer a juvenile to adult…
19-7640 Phillip Auston Carrier v. Billy Romero, Warden Eleventh Circuit 2020-02-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2255 appellate-review congress-intent consent constitutional-law federal-appellate-court federal-prosecutor federal-prosecutor-consent gatekeeping-role gatekeeping-standard habeas-corpus habeas-corpus-2255-motion prosecutorial-consent second-or-successive-petition second-petition section-2255 Whether the remedy by motion authorized by 28 U.S.C. §2255(h)(2) is rendered inadequate or ineffective