| 25-5390 |
Brandon Desmond Medford v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2025-08-18 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-sentencing district-court-discretion federal-procedure judicial-interpretation policy-disagreement sentencing-guidelines |
Whether district courts must ever consider arguments for a lesser sentence based on a policy disagreement with the Guidelines? |
| 19-1260 |
Andrew Demma v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2020-04-30 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) |
18-usc-3553a appeals-court child-pornography circuit-split discretion gall-v-united-states judicial-discretion kimbrough-v-united-states policy-disagreement sentencing-guidelines substantive-reasonableness |
Whether the discretion recognized under Kimbrough v. United States for a district court to vary based on a policy disagreement applies to the child po… |
| 19-7598 |
Ramon Valencia-Cruz v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-02-07 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3553 appellate-review circuit-split closer-review judicial-review kimbrough-discretion kimbrough-v-united-states policy-disagreement policy-statement sentencing-guidelines |
When conducting 'closer review' of a sentencing decision that was based on the district court's decision to vary from the United States Sentencing Gui… |
| 19-5333 |
Charles York Walker, Jr. v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2019-07-25 |
GVR |
IFP |
abuse-of-discretion case-specific-factors criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-rule-11 discretion district-court district-court-discretion felon-in-possession grand-jury incorrect-assumptions opioid-crisis plea-agreement plea-bargaining policy-disagreement rehaif-standard rule-11 |
Whether a district court abuses its discretion in rejecting plea agreements based on policy disagreements |
| 18-5893 |
Dan Wayne Streetman v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2018-09-05 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
booker-precedent booker-v-united-states child-pornography gall-v-united-states judicial-discretion kimbrough-v-united-states policy-disagreement sentencing-commission sentencing-discretion sentencing-guidelines sentencing-uniformity separation-of-powers |
Whether a district court can refuse to apply a sentencing guideline on policy grounds where the guideline is not based on the Sentencing Commission's … |