policy-statement

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
22-6699 Marquita Leigh Meredith v. United States Fourth Circuit 2023-02-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP compassionate-release criminal-procedure district-court federal-sentencing policy-statement sentencing statutory-interpretation Whether a 2007 policy statement binds a district court in deciding a defendant's motion for compassionate release
22-6379 Leetavious Gaines v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2022-12-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-3582 circuit-split compassionate-release defendant-motion district-court-discretion first-step-act policy-statement sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation Whether Section 1B1.13 of the United States Sentencing Guidelines is an 'applicable' policy statement that binds the district court in considering a d…
21-8014 Reginald Woods v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2022-06-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-3582 district-court district-court-discretion first-step-act policy-statement sentence-reduction sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation Whether U.S.S.G. § 1B1.13 is an 'applicable' policy statement that binds a district court in considering a defendant-filed motion for sentence reducti…
21-7136 Gregory Nesbitt, aka Spooky v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2022-02-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-3582 circuit-split compassionate-release district-court first-step-act policy-statement sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation Whether Section 1B1.13 of the United States Sentencing Guidelines is an 'applicable' policy statement that binds the district court in considering a d…
20-1732 Thomas Bryant, Jr. v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2021-06-15 Denied Amici (3) circuit-split compassionate-release criminal-procedure district-court first-step-act policy-statement sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation Whether Section 1B1.13 of the United States Sentencing Guidelines is an 'applicable' policy statement that binds a district court in considering a def…
19-8817 Barry Lalane Harrell v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-06-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP above-range criminal-procedure district-court justification policy-statement sentencing Whether the district court erred when it sentenced Petitioner significantly above the policy statement range without adequate justification?
19-7839 Christopher Sanchez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-03-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review criminal-procedure deterrence due-process imprisonment plain-error-review policy-statement policy-statement-range sentencing sentencing-discretion sentencing-factors sentencing-guidelines Is a single-sentence explanation of 'I believe this addresses the issues of adequate deterrence and protection of the public' procedurally reasonable …
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…