intervening-legal-developments

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
22-6137 Bryan Thornton v. United States Third Circuit 2022-11-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing district-court first-step-act intervening-legal-developments legal-developments retroactivity section-404(b) sentencing-reduction statutory-interpretation Whether a district court must or may consider intervening legal developments when deciding to impose a reduced sentence under the First Step Act of 20…
21-7368 Antwan Boyd v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2022-03-15 GVR Relisted (2)IFP criminal-justice-reform district-court-discretion first-step-act intervening-legal-developments legal-developments retroactivity sentencing sentencing-reduction statutory-interpretation Whether a district court must or may consider intervening legal developments when deciding whether to impose a reduced sentence under Section 404(b) o…
21-884 Blake Fields v. United States First Circuit 2021-12-15 GVR Relisted (2) criminal-procedure district-court factual-developments first-step-act intervening-factual-developments intervening-legal-developments legal-developments reduced-sentence sentencing sentencing-reduction statutory-interpretation Whether a district court must or may consider intervening legal and factual developments when deciding to impose a reduced sentence under the First St…
21-6575 Nathaniel Fields v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2021-12-10 GVR Relisted (2)IFP circuit-split criminal-resentencing district-court-discretion first-step-act intervening-legal-developments legal-developments reduced-sentence sentencing sentencing-reduction statutory-interpretation Whether a district court must or may consider intervening legal developments when deciding whether to impose a reduced sentence under Section 404(b) o…
21-6224 Tony Ford v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2021-11-10 GVR Relisted (3)IFP criminal-justice-reform criminal-resentencing district-court-discretion first-step-act intervening-legal-developments legal-developments retroactivity sentencing sentencing-reduction statutory-interpretation Whether a district court must or may consider intervening legal developments when deciding whether to impose a reduced sentence under Section 404(b) o…
21-546 Michael G. Harper, aka Cuban Mike v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2021-10-13 GVR Relisted (2) criminal-justice-reform criminal-resentencing district-court district-court-discretion first-step-act intervening-legal-developments legal-developments reduced-sentence sentencing sentencing-reduction statutory-interpretation Whether, when deciding if it should 'impose a reduced sentence' on an individual under Section 404(b) of the First Step Act of 2018, a district court …