| 23-6994 |
Donald M. Reynolds v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2024-03-14 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-review direct-appeal federal-prisoner guidelines-range resentencing retroactive-amendment sentencing sentencing-guidelines sentencing-modification |
Whether a federal prisoner's direct appeal for sentencing issues must be remanded to the district court for resentencing when a retroactive amendment … |
| 21-6803 |
Javier Rosales v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2022-01-10 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
abuse-of-discretion amendment-782 discretion drug-conspiracy due-process fifth-amendment opportunity-to-be-heard retroactive-amendment sentence-reduction sentencing sentencing-guidelines |
Whether the Fifth Circuit erred in deciding that the District Court's order denying relief under 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(2) did not comprise an abuse of d… |
| 21-690 |
Rodney Earl Cannady, aka Camp Earl v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2021-11-09 |
Denied |
|
career-offender cocaine-base-offense criminal-sentencing fair-sentencing-act first-step-act plain-error retroactive-amendment retroactivity sentencing-reduction |
Did the district court err by denying defendant Cannady relief pursuant to the retroactive First Step Act of 2018 and Fair Sentencing Act of 2010 |
| 20-1807 |
Dontour D. Drakes v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2021-06-28 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2) |
18-usc-3582 18-usc-3582c2 amendment-782 career-offender criminal-sentencing retroactive-amendment sentencing-guidelines substantial-assistance united-states-v-hughes |
Whether a career offender who provided substantial assistance is eligible for a sentence reduction under 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(2) based on the judge's c… |
| 20-5031 |
Artemio Ramirez-Arroyo v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-07-10 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3582(c)(2) due-process equal-protection hughes-v-united-states retroactive-amendment retroactive-guideline-amendments sentence-reduction sentencing-commission sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation |
Is the Sentencing Commission's policy statement implementing retroactive guideline amendments invalid? |
| 19-6663 |
Jose Hernandez-Martinez, et al. v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-11-18 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3553a 18-usc-3582c2 28-usc-991b 28-usc-994 due-process equal-protection guidelines-policy rational-basis-scrutiny retroactive-amendment retroactive-sentence-reduction sentence-reduction sentencing-commission sentencing-commission-authority sentencing-reform-act |
Is the Sentencing Commission's delegated authority over retroactive sentence reduction proceedings constrained by the general purposes of the Commissi… |
| 18-9763 |
Stirling Michael Heaton v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2019-06-24 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
concurrent-sentences concurrent-sentencing criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing discretion federal-guidelines federal-jurisdiction federal-plea-agreement judicial-discretion modification retroactive-amendment retroactive-guidelines-amendment sentence-concurrency sentencing-guidelines sentencing-modification sentencing-reform-act |
Whether a sentencing court has discretion to adjust a federal sentence to achieve concurrency with another criminal sentence in § 3582(c)(2) proceedin… |
| 18-7623 |
James Goolsby v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2019-01-29 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3582-c-2 appellate-procedure dillion-v-united-states exceptional-circumstances judicial-discretion mandatory-life-sentence mandatory-minimum mandatory-sentencing misapplication-of-guidelines miscarriage-of-justice official-victim-enhancement recall-of-mandate retroactive-amendment sentencing-guidelines |
Whether the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals abused its discretion in refusing to recall the mandate on the direct appeal to prevent a miscarriage of j… |