| 24-5192 |
Matthew Nicholson v. Ohio |
Ohio |
2024-07-31 |
Denied |
IFP |
arbitrariness constitutional-proportionality county-geography criminal-sentencing death-penalty eighth-amendment equal-protection geographic-disparity gregg-v-georgia sentencing-disparities |
Is Ohio's death penalty being arbitrarily applied in violation of Gregg v. Georgia, when geography dictates whether a defendant will be subject to the… |
| 19-6505 |
Michael Ingram v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2019-11-06 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
21-usc-851 21-usc-851-enhancement 28-usc-2255 28-usc-2255-f-4 federal-law federal-procedure federal-sentencing geographic-disparities geographic-disparity habeas-corpus sentencing-commission sentencing-commission-report statute-of-limitations statutory-interpretation time-limit time-limitation |
Where the United States Sentencing Commission publishes a report summarizing the geographic disparities in the application of the 21 U.S.C. §851 enhan… |
| 19-6378 |
Raymond Gentile v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-10-24 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
21-usc-841 21-usc-846 criminal-justice-system due-process equal-protection federal-statute geographic-classification geographic-disparity geographic-location marijuana-legalization marijuana-offenses prima-facie prima-facie-claim prosecutorial-discretion selective-prosecution |
Is geographic location an arbitrary classification in the application of prosecutorial decisions for marijuana-related offenses under 21 U.S.C §§ 841 … |
| 19-5472 |
Martin Avalos-Rico, aka Rolando Blanco-Garcia, aka Oscar Cruz-Tulum, aka Alejandro Tamayo v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2019-08-06 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
circuit-split deportable-offender due-process geographic-disparity immigration immigration-sentencing reentry-offense sentencing-discretion sentencing-guidelines sentencing-reform-act supervised-release |
Whether a district court that imposes supervised release on a deportable offender must specifically tie it to a need for deterrence or protection |