extraordinary-and-compelling
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| Case | Title | Lower Court | Docketed | Status | Flags | Tags | Question Presented |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25A355 | United States v. Shaheem Johnson | Fourth Circuit | 2025-09-26 | Presumed Complete | co-conspirators extraordinary-and-compelling section-3553 section-3582 sentence-reduction sentencing-disparities | Whether sentencing disparities between co-conspirators can constitute 'extraordinary and compelling reasons' for a sentence reduction under 18 U.S.C. … | |
| 24-860 | Johnnie Markel Carter v. United States | Third Circuit | 2025-02-11 | Granted | Amici (6)Relisted (2) | district-courts extraordinary-and-compelling federal-prisoners nonretroactive-law sentence-reduction sentencing-commission | Whether the Sentencing Commission acted within its expressly delegated authority by permitting district courts to consider a nonretroactive change in … |
| 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? |
| 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… |
| 22-7303 | Patrick Dewayne Smith v. United States | Sixth Circuit | 2023-04-17 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | compassionate-release extraordinary-and-compelling extraordinary-circumstances federal-law-change first-step-act mandatory-life-sentence mandatory-minimum retroactivity sentencing-reduction sentencing-reform | Whether non-retroactive changes in federal law can serve as 'extraordinary and compelling reasons' warranting a sentence reduction under 18 U.S.C. § 3… |
| 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… |
| 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… |
| 21-7238 | 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… |
| 21-6687 | 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. § … |