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… |