retroactive-sentencing

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
21-7238 Holli Wrice v. United States Seventh Circuit 2022-03-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-3582 3553(a)-factors compassionate-release congressional-intent criminal-justice-reform criminal-procedure extraordinary-and-compelling extraordinary-circumstances retroactive-sentencing sentencing-reduction sentencing-reform statutory-interpretation Whether district courts can reduce a defendant's sentence based on the reason that the defendant is serving a sentence for an offense for which the pe…
21-6160 Dennis Dean Smith v. United States Eighth Circuit 2021-11-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP 8th-amendment civil-rights criminal-justice-reform cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process equal-protection first-step-act prior-convictions retroactive-sentencing sentencing sentencing-guidelines substantial-changes Has the Eighth Amendment's prohibition on cruel and unusual punishment required the Supreme Court to remedy it in the case where persons similarly sit…
20-1479 Eddie Houston, Jr. v. United States Ninth Circuit 2021-04-21 GVR Amici (2)Relisted (2) 18-usc-3553(a) 18-usc-3553a criminal-resentencing criminal-sentencing first-step-act judicial-discretion reduced-sentence retroactive-sentencing sentencing-factors statutory-interpretation Whether a sentencing court must consider applicable sentencing factors codified in 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a) when deciding whether to impose a reduced sente…
20-6870 Antonio Harris v. United States Eighth Circuit 2021-01-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP crack-cocaine criminal-justice-reform first-step-act judicial-discretion mandatory-minimum mandatory-minimums retroactive-sentencing sentence-reduction sentencing-guidelines Can federal judges ignore the current United States Sentencing Guidelines calculation when considering whether to reduce a sentence for a 'covered off…
20-5753 Kunta Kenta Redd v. United States Fourth Circuit 2020-09-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP crack-cocaine-sentencing due-process first-step-act retroactive-sentencing sentencing-guidelines sixth-amendment statutory-retroactivity Whether the petitioner is entitled to relief from denial of a 404 motion at the district court level in light of the First Step Act
20-5417 Rasheed Lamar Robinson v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2020-08-19 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP certificate-of-appealability criminal-procedure due-process eighth-amendment federal-habeas-corpus felony-convictions national-importance retroactive-sentencing Whether the retroactive erasure of felony convictions violates due process and the denial of a Certificate of Appealability reflects a breakdown in th…
19-7430 Richard L. Bryant v. United States Fourth Circuit 2020-01-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP alleyne apprendi apprendi-alleyne apprendi-alleyne-rule drug-distribution-conspiracy fair-sentencing-act fair-sentencing-act-2010 first-step-act first-step-act-2018 relevant-conduct retroactive-sentencing sentencing-reduction statutory-ranges Whether a defendant convicted of a drug distribution conspiracy involving multiple controlled substances is eligible for a sentence reduction under th…
18-8778 Fred Huffman v. Dana Metzger, Warden, et al. Third Circuit 2019-04-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP americans-with-disabilities-act constitutional-amendment criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process equal-justice ex-post-facto-law judicial-vindictiveness redress-of-grievance retroactive-sentencing time-bar Retroactive amendment of U.S. Constitution's ex-post facto law
18-5498 Willie Beasley Curtis v. Michigan Michigan 2018-08-07 Denied IFP 14th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights direct-appeal due-process ex-post-facto habeas-corpus habitual-offender plea-bargain plea-bargain-standards retroactive-sentencing standing sua-sponte unprecedented-error Whether the Supreme Court has a duty to consider unprecedented errors that are important to the public interest