federal-sentencing-law

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
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
20-5903 Christopher Younger v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-10-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review criminal-sentencing district-court-discretion due-process federal-sentencing-law prison-sentence reasonableness-review sentencing-factors sentencing-guidelines substantive-reasonableness Whether the district court ordered an unreasonable 120-month prison sentence
18-5193 William Brown v. United States First Circuit 2018-07-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-discretion beckles-precedent beckles-v-united-states crime-of-violence due-process federal-sentencing-law johnson-v-united-states procedural-error residual-clause sentencing-guidelines void-for-vagueness Whether reliance on the 'residual clause' of the 'crime of violence' definition in the United States Sentencing Guidelines, U.S.S.G. § 4B1.2(a)(2), is…