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25-6786 Cornell Clisby v. United States Sixth Circuit 2026-02-11 Pending IFP abuse-of-discretion circuit-court extraordinary-reasons federal-sentencing rehabilitation-factors sentence-reduction Whether the Sixth Circuit and the district court abused its discretion by failing to hold that extraordinary and compelling reasons existed to qualify…
25-905 Andrew J. Johnston v. United States Seventh Circuit 2026-02-02 Pending Response RequestedResponse Waived appellate-review criminal-procedure final-sentence motion-denial sentence-reduction sentencing-factors 1. Whether an appeal from an order partially denying a Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 35(b) motion for sentence reduction is an appeal from "an ot…
25-6516 Auburn Calloway v. United States Sixth Circuit 2026-01-07 Pending Response WaivedIFP appellate-review due-process equal-protection judicial-disqualification mens-rea sentence-reduction Whether the appellate affirmance of the district court's sentence reduction denial overlooked A) that the district court was disqualified because the …
25A783 Crystal Greenlaw v. United States First Circuit 2026-01-07 Application 18-usc-3582 compassionate-release district-court-discretion pro-se procedural-due-process sentence-reduction Question not identified.
25-6260 Richard Johnson v. United States Eighth Circuit 2025-12-01 Pending IFP district-court extraordinary-and-compelling-reason nonretroactive-law sentence-reduction sentencing-commission u.s.s.g.-amendment Whether the United States Sentencing Commission acted within its expressly delegated authority when it amended U.S.S.G. § 1B1.13(b) to permit district…
25-551 United States v. Shaheem Johnson Fourth Circuit 2025-11-06 Pending criminal-procedure district-court extraordinary-reasons sentence-reduction sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation Whether the district court permissibly found "extraordinary and compelling reasons" to allow reduction of respondent's sentence under 18 U.S.C. 3582(c…
25-6019 Juan Mendez v. United States Sixth Circuit 2025-11-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure death-threats extraordinary-circumstances habeas-corpus plea-coercion sentence-reduction 1. Did both the United States District Court and Sixth Circuit Court of Appeal 3-judge panel fail to properly execercise its permissible authority to …
25A355 United States v. Shaheem Johnson Fourth Circuit 2025-09-26 Presumed Complete co-conspirators extraordinary-and-compelling section-3553 section-3582 sentence-reduction sentencing-disparities Whether sentencing disparities between co-conspirators can constitute 'extraordinary and compelling reasons' for a sentence reduction under 18 U.S.C. …
25-5737 Antwan Elvago Coplen v. United States Eighth Circuit 2025-09-25 Denied IFP district-court-discretion extraordinary-reasons first-step-act sentence-reduction sentencing-law statutory-interpretation (1) WHETHER A COMBINATION OF "EXTRAORDINARY AND COMPELLING REASONS" THAT MAY WARRANT A DISCRETIONARY SENTENCE REDUCTION UNDER 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)U) (…
25A345 Dennis Michael Hogan v. United States Ninth Circuit 2025-09-25 Presumed Complete administrative-remedies extraordinary-circumstances pro-se-filing section-3553a section-3582 sentence-reduction Whether a federal prisoner can obtain a sentence reduction under 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(1)(A) when the district court finds no extraordinary and compelli…
25-254 Khamraj Lall v. United States Third Circuit 2025-09-04 Denied Response Waived appellate-procedure constitutional-rights due-process judicial-review legal-standard sentence-reduction 1. Whether the Third Circuit Court of Appeals violated fundamental due process principles by granting a stay requested by the government to delay proc…
25-5381 Shameika Johnson v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-08-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP amendment-821 criminal-law judicial-discretion retroactive-application sentence-reduction sentencing-guidelines Whether the lower courts erred by refusing to grant Ms. Johnson a sentence reduction under retroactively applicable Amendment 821 – Part A to the Unit…
25-5128 Albert Garza v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-07-16 Denied Amici (1)Response WaivedIFP compassionate-release covid-19-relief due-process federal-prisoners sentence-reduction statutory-interpretation 1. Does 18 U.S.C. §4205(g) , the law on compassionate release, allowing only the Director of the Federal Bureau of Prisons to file a Motion for relea…
25-5105 Anthony Michael Laporte v. United States Fourth Circuit 2025-07-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP bureau-of-prisons extraordinary-compelling-reason mental-health-treatment rehabilitation sentence-reduction sentencing-disparity 1. Can rehabilitation efforts, when combined with other issues, constitute an extraordinary and compelling reason to reduce a sentence? 2. Can the di…
24-7503 Bradley J. Harris v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-06-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP 5th-circuit amendment-821 judicial-discretion procedural-error sentence-reduction sentencing-guidelines Whether the Fifth Circuit erred in affirming the district court's denial of a sentence reduction under Amendment 821 despite procedural errors and all…
24-1255 Malcom Anwar Williams v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2025-06-09 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) 18-usc-3582 compassionate-release criminal-history rehabilitation-evidence sentence-reduction sentencing-discretion Whether a district court errs when it denies a motion for reduction of sentence or compassionate release under 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(1)(A) on the ground…
24-7230 Armani Davis-Malone v. United States Sixth Circuit 2025-05-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP defendant-rehabilitation district-court judicial-discretion reversible-error sentence-reduction stipulation Whether a district court commits reversible error by denying a stipulated sentence reduction without acknowledging the stipulation or and evidence of …
24-860 Johnnie Markel Carter v. United States Third Circuit 2025-02-11 Granted Amici (6)Relisted (2) district-courts extraordinary-and-compelling federal-prisoners nonretroactive-law sentence-reduction sentencing-commission Whether the Sentencing Commission acted within its expressly delegated authority by permitting district courts to consider a nonretroactive change in …
24-6309 Timothy DeFoggi v. United States Eighth Circuit 2025-01-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP 8th-amendment direct-harm extraordinary-circumstances sentence-reduction sentencing-guidelines u.s.c.-3582 Whether the lower court erred in denying a finding of 'extraordinary and compelling' under U.S. Sentencing Guideline § 1B1.13(b)(6) and in assessing d…
24-6154 Gary Glenn Peterson v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-12-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights due-process fifth-amendment legal-precedent procedural-fairness sentence-reduction Whether the denial of a motion for sentence reduction violates due process rights under the Fifth Amendment when issued on a ROTT.FR PT.ATF form
24-6155 Charles Edward Johnson v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-12-16 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP boilerplate-denial constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process fifth-amendment sentence-reduction Whether the denial of a motion for sentence reduction violates due process when issued on a boilerplate form
24-556 Joe Fernandez v. United States Second Circuit 2024-11-18 Granted Amici (9)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) circuit-split compassionate-release extraordinary-reasons judicial-discretion sentence-reduction statutory-interpretation Whether the Second Circuit erred in recognizing extra-textual limitations on what information a court may consider when determining whether there exis…
24-5762 Angel Ayala-Vazquez v. United States First Circuit 2024-10-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review concepcion-precedent first-step-act sentence-reduction sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation Whether the First Circuit improperly refused to grant a sentence reduction under the First Step Act and failed to apply Concepcion v. United States pr…
24A183 Paul Curtis Pemberton v. United States Tenth Circuit 2024-08-19 Presumed Complete criminal-appeal federal-public-defender pro-se-pleadings sentence-reduction sentencing-guidelines tenth-circuit Whether the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals correctly applied the United States Sentencing Guidelines in affirming the criminal defendant's sentence
23-7309 Jessie Vasquez v. United States Ninth Circuit 2024-04-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-3582 3553a-factors abuse-of-discretion concepcion-v-united-states crack-cocaine criminal-sentencing discretionary-review first-step-act sentence-reduction sentencing-factors Whether the District Court abused its discretion or erred in denying Mr. Vasquez's request for a sentence reduction under 18 U.S.C. 3582(c)(1)(A) and …
23-6384 Monterial Wesley v. United States Tenth Circuit 2023-12-28 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP circuit-conflict criminal-justice-system due-process extraordinary-reasons prosecutorial-misconduct sentence-reduction sentencing statutory-interpretation Whether a combination of 'extraordinary and compelling reasons' that may warrant a discretionary sentence reduction under 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(1)(A) ca…
23A414 Monterial Wesley v. United States Tenth Circuit 2023-11-08 Presumed Complete appellate-review discretionary-authority extraordinary-circumstances federal-criminal-law sentence-reduction sentencing-guidelines Whether a district court has discretionary authority to reduce a federal criminal sentence under 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(1)(A) when a defendant demonstrat…
23-5951 Rodney L. Love v. United States Sixth Circuit 2023-11-03 Denied IFP 18-usc-3582 appellate-review compassionate-release criminal-sentencing extraordinary-and-compelling-reasons extraordinary-reasons federal-law retroactivity sentence-reduction statutory-interpretation Whether non-retroactive changes in federal law can serve as 'extraordinary and compelling reasons' warranting a sentence reduction under 18 U.S.C. § 3…
23-354 Wolfgang Von Vader v. United States Seventh Circuit 2023-10-03 Denied Response Waived 18-usc-3582 changes-in-law criminal-sentencing extraordinary-and-compelling-reasons extraordinary-circumstances federal-criminal-law judicial-discretion sentence-modification sentence-reduction sentencing-reduction statutory-interpretation Whether courts may consider changes in the law in assessing whether 'extraordinary and compelling reasons' warrant a sentence reduction under section …
23-226 Antonio Soul Gonzalez v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2023-09-12 Denied Amici (1) covered-offense criminal-sentencing discretion district-court-discretion fair-sentencing-act first-step-act recalculation sentence-reduction sentencing-range statutory-interpretation Whether a district court must recalculate a movant's sentencing range as if Sections 2 and 3 of the Fair Sentencing Act of 2010 were in effect at the …
22-1216 Dwayne Ferguson v. United States Fourth Circuit 2023-06-16 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) circuit-split criminal-procedure district-court-discretion extraordinary-and-compelling-reasons extraordinary-reasons first-step-act habeas-corpus legal-error sentence-reduction sentencing statutory-interpretation Whether 28 U.S.C. § 2255 limits a district court's discretion to consider legal errors in prior proceedings as 'extraordinary and compelling reasons' …
22-7794 Leoncio Perez v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2023-06-15 Denied Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP apprendi-rule apprendi-v-new-jersey concepcion-v-united-states crack-cocaine-sentencing discretionary-relief eleventh-circuit first-step-act first-step-act-2018 sentence-reduction terry-v-united-states Whether the Eleventh Circuit's unique rule that precludes certain defendants from receiving relief under the First Step Act's discretionary sentencing…
22-7702 Antonio Montero v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-06-05 Denied Relisted (2)IFP 18-usc-3553(f) criminal-history criminal-procedure federal-sentencing safety-valve sentence-reduction sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation whether-the-trial-judge-must-find-montero-violated-all-conditions-to-be-eligible-for-sentence-reduction
22-7582 Rodolfo A. Cuellar, Jr. v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-05-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal criminal-law drug-convictions federal-prisoner first-step-act resentencing sentence-reduction sentencing sentencing-retroactivity statutory-interpretation statutory-maximum Whether the defendant is entitled to a reduced sentence under the First Step Act, and the proper interpretation of the statutory maximum authorized by…
22-7367 Christopher J. Bailey v. United States Fourth Circuit 2023-04-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-3582 abuse-of-discretion concepcion-precedent concepcion-v-united-states criminal-justice-reform criminal-sentencing district-court-discretion first-step-act precedent sentence-reduction sentencing Whether the district court abused its discretion in denying petitioner's motion for a sentence reduction under the First Step Act
22-7261 Susan Elise Prophet v. United States Eighth Circuit 2023-04-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-3582 abuse-of-discretion appellate-review compassionate-release criminal-procedure eighth-circuit federal-sentencing judicial-discretion sentence-reduction sentencing statutory-interpretation Whether the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit abused its discretion in denying Prophet's Motion for Compassionate Release/Reductio…
22-7210 David McCall, Jr. v. United States Sixth Circuit 2023-04-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-3582 circuit-split criminal-procedure district-court-discretion extraordinary-compelling-reason sentence-reduction sentencing-law whether-district-court-may-consider-sentencing-disparity
22-7101 Charles Eugene Nolden v. United States Third Circuit 2023-03-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-3582 abuse-of-discretion compassionate-release criminal-justice criminal-sentencing federal-statute sentence-reduction sentencing third-circuit Whether the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit abused its discretion in denying Nolden's Motion for Compassionate Release/Reduction …
22-783 Victor J. Orena v. United States Second Circuit 2023-02-17 Denied Response Waived 18-usc-3553 18-usc-3582 concepcion-v-united-states district-court-authority extraordinary-and-compelling-circumstances extraordinary-circumstances first-step-act sentence-reduction sentencing sentencing-discretion statutory-interpretation Whether district courts have authority to consider intervening changes in facts in First Step Act motions
22-738 Robert A. Mangine v. Shannon D. Withers, Warden Seventh Circuit 2023-02-07 Denied Relisted (2) 18-usc-3582 career-offender circuit-split habeas-corpus miscarriage-of-justice savings-clause sentence-reduction sentencing-error sentencing-errors statutory-rights Whether and under what circumstances relief is available under § 2255(e) for federal prisoners challenging errors in their sentences
22-6266 Earl Moore v. United States Third Circuit 2022-12-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP career-offender civil-rights criminal-history criminal-procedure due-process first-step-act recidivism sentence-reduction sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation Whether the defendant's arrest for resisting arrest constitutes a 'crime of violence' under federal sentencing guidelines
22-6141 Eric Lamont Wade v. United States Fourth Circuit 2022-11-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-discretion concepcion-ruling concepcion-v-united-states criminal-justice-reform district-court-discretion due-process first-step-act section-404(c) sentence-reduction sentencing Whether the district court abused its discretion by failing to comply with Section 404 (c) of the First Step Act of 2018
22-5990 Leroy Brooks v. United States Third Circuit 2022-11-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP 3553a-factors abuse-of-discretion compassionate-release criminal-justice criminal-procedure district-court district-court-discretion extraordinary-reasons judicial-review sentence-reduction sentencing Whether the district court abused its discretion in denying Petitioner's motion for compassionate release/reduction in sentence
22-5894 Terrence Gibbs v. United States Third Circuit 2022-10-24 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 18-usc-3582 compassionate-release criminal-justice extraordinary-and-compelling extraordinary-circumstances federal-sentencing-law federal-statute judicial-discretion retroactivity sentence-reduction sentencing sentencing-law Whether non-retroactive changes in federal sentencing law comprise 'extraordinary and compelling' circumstances for compassionate release
22-5655 Robert Frank Miller v. United States District of Columbia 2022-09-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP compassionate-release criminal-history equal-protection procedural-fairness rehabilitation sentence-reduction sentencing-objectives standing waiver Whether the district and appellate court erred in denying the appellant's motion for a sentence reduction
22-5161 Antonio M. Taylor v. United States Eighth Circuit 2022-07-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-3582 criminal-procedure district-court-discretion extraordinary-and-compelling-reasons extraordinary-circumstances retroactivity sentence-reduction sentencing-law statutory-interpretation Whether a district court may consider nonretroactive changes in sentencing law in determining whether a defendant has shown 'extraordinary and compell…
21-8124 Kywon A. Datham v. United States District of Columbia 2022-06-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights compassionate-release criminal-procedure danger-to-community due-process incarcerated-persons judicial-discretion rule-35b sentence-reduction sentencing time-bar whether District of Colombia Count of Appeels errel . hen it denicd petitioner's fequest for Somameny reversal?
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…
21-8021 Frank W. Coon v. United States Ninth Circuit 2022-06-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-3582 abuse-of-discretion compassionate-release criminal-justice district-court-discretion first-step-act sentence-reduction sentencing standard-of-review Whether the District Court Abused its Discretion by Denying Mr. Coon's Motion for Compassionate Release?
21-7951 Omar Sierre Folk v. United States Third Circuit 2022-05-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-3553 18-usc-3582 3582-motion community-safety compassionate-release criminal-sentencing danger-to-community district-court due-process sentence-reduction sentencing-factors third-circuit Whether the Third Circuit or District Court Erred in Denying Petitioner § 3582(c)(1)(A) Release or Reduction of Sentence
21-7859 Brandis Nicole Fish v. United States Tenth Circuit 2022-05-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-3553 18-usc-3582 compassionate-release district-court-review first-time-offender medical-records non-violent-offender sentence-reduction sentencing-reduction statutory-interpretation ussg-guidelines Did the district court thoroughly review petitioner's request for compassionate release?
21-1414 Barton Ray Crandall v. United States Eighth Circuit 2022-05-04 Denied Response Waived 18-usc-3582(c)(1)(A) 18-usc-924(c) criminal-law criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing extraordinary-and-compelling-reasons extraordinary-circumstances federal-sentencing judicial-discretion sentence-reduction sentencing-reduction statutory-interpretation Whether a district court may consider the 2018 amendment to the sentences mandated by 18 U.S.C. § 924(c) in determining whether a defendant has shown …
21-7587 Jose Garcia Solorzano v. United States Seventh Circuit 2022-04-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP acceptance-of-responsibility appeal criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing district-court district-court-discretion reduction-in-sentence sentence-reduction sentencing-guidelines u.s.s.g.-§3e1.1 u.s.s.g.-interpretation Did the district court err in not granting Mr. Solorzano a reduction in sentence for his acceptance of responsibility under U.S.S.G. §3E1.1?
21-7510 Ramon Lopez v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2022-04-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP bureau-of-prisons compassionate-release criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing extraordinary-circumstances federal-corrections federal-sentencing-guidelines sentence-reduction sentencing statutory-interpretation Whether Criminal Defendants may use the 'recently amended' Compassionate Release Statute to reduce or correct an excessive, and/or defective or illega…
21-1208 Eric Andrews v. United States Third Circuit 2022-03-04 Denied Response Waived 18-usc-3582 18-usc-924c circuit-split criminal-sentencing district-court-discretion extraordinary-and-compelling-reasons first-step-act section-924(c) sentence-reduction sentencing-reduction statutory-interpretation Whether a district court may consider the 2018 amendment to the sentences mandated by 18 U.S.C. § 924(c) in determining whether a defendant has shown …
21-7245 Julia Ann Poff v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-03-02 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-rights compassionate-release criminal-procedure due-process federal-sentencing habeas-corpus pro-se pro-se-filing sentence-reduction sentencing Whether a defendant who is not represented by an attorney can be denied the right to file a pro se motion for compassionate release under 18 U.S.C. § …
21-7035 Seville Williams v. United States Seventh Circuit 2022-02-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-3582c1a1 18-usc-924c circuit-split criminal-sentencing extraordinary-and-compelling-reasons first-step-act judicial-discretion sentence-reduction statutory-interpretation Whether a district court may consider the 2018 amendment to the sentences mandated by 18 U.S.C. § 924(c) in determining whether a defendant has shown …
21-6972 Maria Haydee Luzula v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2022-01-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP bureau-of-prisons circuit-split first-step-act non-delegation-doctrine sentence-reduction sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation Whether U.S.S.G. § 1B1.13 binds district courts in considering defendant-filed motions for sentence reduction under 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(1)(A)
21-6786 Semaji Warren v. United States Seventh Circuit 2022-01-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-USC-3582(c) 18-usc-3582c1a1 18-USC-924(c) 18-usc-924c circuit-split criminal-law extraordinary-and-compelling-reasons first-step-act sentence-reduction sentencing-reduction statutory-interpretation Whether a district court may consider the 2018 amendment to the sentences mandated by 18 U.S.C. § 924(c) in determining whether a defendant has shown …
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…
21-6738 Kadeem Willingham v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2021-12-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-3582c1a 924(c)-sentences 924c-sentences district-court-discretion extraordinary-and-compelling-reasons first-step-act nondelegation-doctrine sentence-reduction sentencing-guidelines sub-delegation whether-us-sentencing-guidelines-1b1-13-binds-district-court
21-6707 Antonio Turner v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-12-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP 3553(a)-factors administrative-remedy bureau-of-prisons compassionate-release criminal-sentencing extraordinary-and-compelling-reasons extraordinary-compelling-reasons first-step-act sentence-reduction sentencing-guidelines Whether the district court erred by denying Mr. Turner's Motion for Sentence Reduction under 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(1)(A)(i)
21-6687 Rory Lee Zirkelbach v. United States Eighth Circuit 2021-12-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-3582 career-offender district-court-discretion extraordinary-and-compelling extraordinary-reasons sentence-reduction sentencing-disparity sentencing-error sentencing-guideline statutory-interpretation Whether a sentencing error and resulting disparity can constitute an 'extraordinary and compelling reason' for a sentence reduction under 18 U.S.C. § …
21-6692 Alex D. Ramos v. United States Seventh Circuit 2021-12-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-3582c1a 18-usc-924c circuit-split criminal-law criminal-sentencing extraordinary-circumstances federal-procedure sentence-reduction sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation Whether a district court may consider the 2018 amendment to the sentences mandated by 18 U.S.C. § 924(c) in determining whether a defendant has shown …
21-905 Nathaniel Rimpson, III, Charles Scott, and Carl Buggs v. United States Seventh Circuit 2021-12-20 Denied Response Waived 18-usc-3582c1a 18-usc-924c circuit-split criminal-law criminal-sentencing extraordinary-circumstances federal-sentencing sentence-reduction sentencing-reduction statutory-interpretation Whether a district court may consider the 2018 amendment to the sentences mandated by 18 U.S.C. § 924(c) in determining whether a defendant has shown …
21-6397 Viengxay Chantharath, aka OG v. United States Eighth Circuit 2021-11-23 Denied IFP 18-usc-3582 circuit-split extraordinary-and-compelling-reasons extraordinary-reasons first-step-act mandatory-minimum retroactivity sentence-reduction sentencing-law Can a nonretroactive change in the sentencing law satisfy the 'extraordinary and compelling reasons' standard for a reduction in sentence under 18 U.S…
21-767 Clinton Williams v. United States Seventh Circuit 2021-11-23 Denied Amici (1) 18-usc-3582(c)(1)(a) 18-usc-924(c) circuit-split criminal-law extraordinary-and-compelling-reasons extraordinary-circumstances federal-sentencing first-step-act judicial-discretion sentence-reduction sentencing-reduction statutory-interpretation Whether a district court may consider the 2018 amendment to the sentences mandated by 18 U.S.C. § 924(c) in determining whether a defendant has shown …
21-6144 Johnnie Sims v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-11-02 GVR Relisted (2)IFP 18-usc-3553 18-usc-3553a criminal-sentencing discretionary-review district-court-discretion first-step-act individualized-explanation sentence-reduction sentencing-factors statutory-interpretation Are district courts required to consider the sentencing factors listed in 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a) when deciding whether to impose a reduced sentence under…
21-6068 Ronald Tingle v. United States Seventh Circuit 2021-10-25 Denied IFP 18-usc-3582 district-court drug-offenses extraordinary-and-compelling-reasons extraordinary-compelling-reasons first-step-act sentence-reduction sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation Whether a district judge is categorically prohibited from considering the First Step Act's amendment to penalties for drug offenses when determining w…
21-6010 Robert D. Sutton v. United States Seventh Circuit 2021-10-20 Denied Amici (1)IFP circuit-split compassionate-release criminal-justice criminal-sentencing judicial-discretion mandatory-minimum mandatory-minimums retroactivity sentence-reduction sentencing statutory-interpretation Can a district court consider a defendant's disproportionately long sentence under the earlier version of § 924(c) to find 'extraordinary and compelli…
21-6009 Jose Moyhernandez, aka Yindo v. United States Second Circuit 2021-10-19 GVR Relisted (2)IFP circuit-split crack-cocaine criminal-resentencing criminal-sentencing first-step-act sentence-reduction 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 sentenc…
21-551 John J. Watford v. United States Seventh Circuit 2021-10-14 Denied Amici (2) 18-usc-3582(c)(1)(a) 18-usc-924(c) 18-USC-924c circuit-split criminal-law extraordinary-and-compelling-reasons extraordinary-circumstances federal-sentencing sentence-reduction sentencing-reduction statutory-interpretation Whether a district court may consider the 2018 amendment to the sentences mandated by 18 U.S.C. § 924(c) in determining whether a defendant has shown …
21-5638 Davin Griffin v. J. A. Terris, Warden Sixth Circuit 2021-09-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP actual-innocence civil-rights due-process factual-innocence first-step-act habeas-corpus sentence-reduction sentencing statutory-interpretation Whether the lower court's denial of relief in a habeas corpus petition pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 2241 on the question of factual and actual innocence depa…
21-5603 Alphonse Gainer v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2021-09-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-discretion appeal appellate-discretion criminal-justice criminal-sentencing eleventh-circuit first-step-act motion-for-reconsideration motion-reconsideration sentence-reduction sentencing Whether the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit abused its discretion in denying Gainer's Motion for Reconsideration of Denial of …
21-5532 Guy Harvey Spruhan, IV v. United States Fourth Circuit 2021-08-31 Denied Response WaivedIFP equal-protection non-delegation-doctrine retroactive-relief retroactive-sentence-reduction sentence-reduction sentencing-commission sentencing-guidelines sentencing-reform-act separation-of-powers Is the limitation in U.S.S.G. § 1B1.10 consistent with the statutory directive to avoid unwarranted sentencing disparity?
21-5271 Paul Surine v. United States Third Circuit 2021-08-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP crack-cocaine drug-conviction drug-quantity first-step-act judicial-interpretation recidivism-probability retroactivity sentence-reduction sentencing-guidelines Whether petitioner Paul Surine should receive a reduced sentence under the First Step Act
21-5047 Michael Carter v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-07-08 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 18-usc-3553a criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing discretionary-review district-court-discretion first-step-act individualized-explanation sentence-reduction sentencing-factors statutory-interpretation Are district courts required to consider the sentencing factors listed in 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a) when deciding whether to impose a reduced sentence under…
20-8347 Terron McAllister v. United States Fourth Circuit 2021-06-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-discretion criminal-resentencing discretion first-step-act guidelines guidelines-range judicial-discretion resentencing sentence-reduction sentencing sentencing-discretion Whether a District Court abuses its discretion in denying a sentence reduction under the First Step Act
20-8194 Irvin Moreno v. DeWayne Hendrix, Warden Ninth Circuit 2021-06-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-procedure-act bureau-of-prisons drug-trafficking nonviolent-offense sentence-reduction sentencing-reduction statutory-interpretation supervised-release Whether the BOP violated the plain meaning of the relevant sentencing statutes and regulations by categorically disqualifying a prisoner convicted of …
20-7964 John Riley, aka P. J. v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-05-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-justice criminal-sentencing district-court federal-jurisdiction first-step-act motion-denial motion-to-modify sentence-reduction sentencing Whether the district court erred by denying the Motion for Sentence Reduction under The First Step Act of 2018
20-7362 Charles Braye v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2021-03-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP court-of-appeals criminal-procedure district-court due-process first-step-act opportunity-to-be-heard remand sentence-reduction Whether Mr. Braye's due process rights were violated when the court of appeals determined that Mr. Braye was eligible for a sentence reduction under t…
20-6943 Ronald Lewis Coleman, Jr. v. United States Sixth Circuit 2021-01-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-3582 circuit-split compassionate-release criminal-sentencing extraordinary-and-compelling-reasons first-step-act mandatory-minimum mandatory-minimum-sentences sentence-reduction sentencing Whether the changes in applicable mandatory minimum sentences worked by the First Step Act can provide extraordinary and compelling reasons to support…
20-6946 Barry Cashin v. United States Sixth Circuit 2021-01-26 Denied IFP appellate-jurisdiction appellate-review circuit-split criminal-procedure due-process procedural-reasonableness sentence-reduction sentencing statutory-interpretation substantive-reasonableness Does 18 U.S.C. § 3742(a) restrict appellate courts' authority to review the procedural and substantive reasonableness of a denial of a motion for a se…
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…
20-6819 Frantz Sterlin v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2021-01-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-justice criminal-sentencing eligibility fair-sentencing-act first-step-act section-404 sentence-reduction sentencing-reduction u.s.-senate-bill-756 Whether Petitioner was eligible for a First Step Act reduction of his sentence
20-6418 Michael A. Harris v. United States Eighth Circuit 2020-11-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP aiding-and-abetting brandishing brandishing-firearm conspiracy crime-of-violence criminal-law hobbs-act sentence-reduction sentencing supreme-court-precedent Whether the petitioner is entitled to a sentence reduction after pleading guilty to conspiracy to commit Hobbs Act robbery and aiding and abetting bra…
20-6238 Demon O'Neil Parker v. United States Fourth Circuit 2020-11-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-discretion cell-site-location-information constitutional-review criminal-sentencing first-step-act fourth-amendment fourth-amendment-violation reasonable-expectation-of-privacy rehabilitation search-and-seizure sentence-reduction standing Whether the Fourth Amendment's prohibition on unreasonable searches and seizures applies to the government's acquisition of historical cell-site locat…
20-466 Larry Williams v. United States Sixth Circuit 2020-10-09 Denied Response Waived booker-decision departure-or-variance discretionary-guidelines First-Step-Act judicial-discretion rational-basis sentence-reduction sentencing-guidelines sentencing-reduction U.S.-v.-Booker Scope-and-limits-of-district-court-discretion-in-denying-unopposed-motion-for-sentence-reduction-under-First-Step-Act
20-5561 Craig Edward Hunnicutt, Jr. v. United States Sixth Circuit 2020-09-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-discretion appellate-review discretion federal-sentencing first-step-act guidelines judicial-discretion motion-denial sentence-reduction sentencing Whether the Sixth Circuit erred by refusing to review the denial of the defendant's First Step Act motion
20-5590 Manuel Chacon-Lara v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-09-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-right constitutional-rights due-process fast-track fifth-circuit fifth-circuit-court-of-appeals ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel pre-trial-proceedings pre-trial-stage sentence-reduction sentencing Did the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals err in determining there was no 'Substantial Showing of Denial of a Constitutional Right' when Chacon-Lara argu…
20-5394 Eugene Mona, aka Gino v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-08-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP amendment-782 criminal-sentencing district-court drug-guidelines drug-sentencing-guidelines first-degree-murder motion-denial motion-for-sentence-reduction rico-conspiracy sentence-reduction Whether the District Court erred in denying Petitioner's Motion For Sentence Reduction
20-5264 Lakento Brian Smith v. United States Sixth Circuit 2020-08-05 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP crack-cocaine criminal-sentencing first-step-act guideline-range mandatory-minimum post-sentencing-conduct resentencing sentence-reduction sixth-amendment statutory-interpretation Should the district court have held a hearing to consider petitioner's post-sentencing conduct and any other arguments before ruling on the motion?
20-5040 In Re Antwoyn Terrell Spencer 2020-07-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights due-process eighth-circuit first-step-act mandamus personal-liberty sentence-reduction sentencing Whether petitioner is entitled to a reduced sentence under Section 404 of the First Step Act
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?
19-8653 Jose Heriberto Ramirez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-06-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law constitutional-standards criminal-procedure due-process independent-review judicial-review legal-principles sentence-reduction sentencing-reduction standard-of-review statutory-interpretation Whether independent review is an obligation for the lower court and the appellate court to maintain control of and to clarify the legal principles in …
19-8445 Freddie Lee Curry, aka King of da Hood, aka Rat v. United States Fourth Circuit 2020-05-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP 21-usc-841 alleyne alleyne-ruling criminal-procedure drug-quantity fair-sentencing-act first-step-act mandatory-minimum sentence-reduction sentencing statutory-interpretation Did the District Court abused its discretion when it failed to to apply Alleyne to Appellant's sentence reduction under Section 404(b) of the First St…
19-8385 Enrique Lopez Quintero v. United States Ninth Circuit 2020-05-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP career-offender criminal-procedure federal-rules-of-criminal-procedure hughes-v-united-states plea-agreement sentence-reduction sentencing-guidelines type-c-agreement Is a sentence imposed pursuant to a Type-C agreement, Fed. R. Crim. P. 11(c)(1)(C), based on the defendant's United States Sentencing Guidelines range…
19-7804 Ramon F. Flores v. United States Sixth Circuit 2020-02-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-3582 appeal criminal-procedure drug-quantity guideline-range guidelines procedural-bar sentence-reduction sentencing sentencing-amendment Whether a defendant is procedurally barred from appealing the district court's original drug quantity determination in a sentence reduction applicatio…
19-7118 Calvin Buffington v. United States Seventh Circuit 2019-12-31 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure drug-quantity due-process judicial-fact-finding section-3582 section-3582(c)(2) sentence-reduction sentencing-guidelines sentencing-guidelines-3582(c)(2) statutory-interpretation Whether the district court's failure to find a drug quantity when adopting PSR in its entirety authorized it to select a new quantity as a basis for t…
19-665 John Doe v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-11-25 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) 18-usc-3553 18-usc-3553a criminal-procedure district-court district-court-discretion federal-rules-of-criminal-procedure rule-35 rule-35b sentence-reduction sentencing sentencing-factors substantial-assistance May a district court deny a government's Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 35(b) motion for reduction of sentence based on substantial assistance wit…
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…
19-6020 Jose Romeu v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-09-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-3582 amendment-599 amendment-782 drug-amount presentence-investigation-report sentence-reduction sentencing-guidelines Whether the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals committed error in its affirmance of the District Court's denial of Petitioner Jose Romeu's 18 U.S.C. § …
19-5526 Frances W. Lake v. Robert Wilkie, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Federal Circuit 2019-08-08 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3)IFP administrative-exhaustion administrative-procedure appeals civil-rights compassionate-release disability due-process extraordinary-circumstances federal-prisoner financial-hardship first-step-act government-benefits medical-expenses sentence-reduction Whether the VA pension was properly denied after medical expenses were incurred, despite the widow's disability and financial hardship
18-9370 Mark A. Blankenship v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-05-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-jurisdiction criminal-procedure district-court district-court-determination fed-r-crim-p-35(b) federal-rules-criminal-procedure federal-rules-of-criminal-procedure judicial-review reduced-sentence sentence-reduction sentencing sentencing-factor sentencing-factors Does appellate jurisdiction lie from a district court's determination that a particular sentencing factor is relevant to the imposition of a reduced s…
18-8821 Sealed Appellant v. Sealed Appellee Fifth Circuit 2019-04-15 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 18-usc-3582 18-usc-3582c2 5k1.1-motion criminal-sentencing judicial-discretion koons-v-united-states mandatory-minimum sentence-reduction sentencing-commission sentencing-guidelines substantial-assistance Can a defendant receive a 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(2) sentence reduction when the district court discarded the mandatory minimum because of a substantial-a…
18-8352 Lino Hernandez v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-03-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-3553(a) 18-usc-3553a 18-usc-3582(c)(2) 3553(a)-factors 3582(c)(2)-motion amendment-782 amendment-782-788 criminal-sentencing district-court-discretion procedural-reasonableness sentence-disparity sentence-reduction sentencing-disparities sentencing-error sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation Whether the District Court committed substantive error in sentencing
18-8010 Alimamy Barrie v. United States Fourth Circuit 2019-02-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP amendment-retroactivity criminal-sentencing direct-appeal resentencing sentence-reduction sentencing-commission sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation Whether the petitioner is eligible for resentencing under 18 U.S.C. §3582(c)(2) when amendments relevant to the case were enacted by the Sentencing Co…
18-7918 Rutilio Hernandez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-02-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-3553 18-usc-3553(a) 18-usc-3553a 18-usc-924 abuse-of-discretion constitutional-law criminal-procedure district-court district-court-discretion sentence-reduction sentencing-error sentencing-guidelines statutory-directive statutory-interpretation substantive-error sufficient-but-not-greater-than-necessary Whether the District Court Committed substantive error when failed to impose a sentence that was sufficient but not greater than necessary to comply w…
18-7788 Sunny Robinson v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-02-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal appellate-review compassionate-release criminal-justice criminal-procedure district-court-discretion due-process federal-sentencing judicial-discretion sentence-reduction sentencing statutory-interpretation Whether the District Court and the Fifth Circuit erred in not granting relief under Title 18 U.S.C. § 3582
18-7454 Tyshaun St. Vallier v. United States Third Circuit 2019-01-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-3582 18-usc-3582(c)(2) constitutional-statutory-provisions district-court district-court-discretion lodestone lodestone-principle sentence-reduction sentence-reductions sentencing sentencing-decisions sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation third-circuit Are district courts required to maintain the Sentencing Guidelines as the lodestone of the sentencing decision when ruling on motions for sentence red…
18-7057 Marcus Jermaine Royston v. United States Eighth Circuit 2018-12-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP 3582-motion 3582(c)(2) amendments-750-782 career-offender criminal-sentencing drug-offense guidelines-2d1.1 guidelines-amendment hughes-v-us sentence-reduction sentencing-guidelines sentencing-reduction Does this Court's ruling in the case of Hughes v. U.S., apply to a career offender seeking reduction in his sentence by way of a 3582(c)(2) motion pur…
18-6498 Gildardo Majalca-Aguilar v. United States Tenth Circuit 2018-10-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-3582 amendment-782 criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing district-court-discretion drug-conspiracy drug-quantity due-process equal-protection sentence-reduction sentencing-disparity sentencing-guidelines Whether the district court erred in denying the motion for sentence reduction under Amendment 782 §3582(c)(2) despite the minimal quantities of drugs …
18-6319 William Shane Reid v. United States Sixth Circuit 2018-10-15 Denied Relisted (2)IFP 18-usc-3582 appellate-jurisdiction circuit-split criminal-sentencing discretionary-denial discretionary-review procedural-reasonableness review-standard sentence-reduction sentencing-guidelines Whether a court of appeals has jurisdiction to review a district court's discretionary denial of a sentence reduction under 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(2)
18-6095 Jose Luis Buenrostro v. United States Ninth Circuit 2018-09-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2255 habeas-corpus magwood-rule magwood-v-patterson motion-to-vacate new-judgment presidential-commutation sentence-reduction successive-motion Whether a prisoner whose sentence has been reduced from life to 30 years imprisonment through a presidential commutation may file a new motion to vaca…
18-5873 Milorad Teodor Olic v. M. Eliot Spearman, Warden Ninth Circuit 2018-09-05 Dismissed IFP behavioral-credits civil-rights due-process parole prison-conditions rehabilitation sentence-reduction sentencing Whether prisoners can earn behavioral credits and why courts deny prisoners the ability to challenge loss of such credits
18-5828 Adolfo Lopez-Garcia v. United States Seventh Circuit 2018-08-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-3553(a) 18-usc-3553a 18-usc-3582(c)(2) 3582c-motion amendment-782 criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing district-court procedural-reasonableness sentence-reduction sentencing-discretion sentencing-error sentencing-guidelines statutory-directive statutory-interpretation substantive-error substantive-reasonableness sufficient-but-not-greater-than-necessary Whether the District Court Committed substantive error when failed to impose a sentence that was sufficient but not greater than necessary to comply w…
18-5699 Chuck Wayne Boyd v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2018-08-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-3553 18-usc-3582 3553-factors 3582-modification criminal-sentencing discretion inmate-progress judicial-discretion post-sentence-history pre-sentence-history sentence-reduction sentencing-guidelines usg-amendment-782 Whether the court abused its discretion in denying a sentence reduction under 18 U.S.C. § 3582 and U.S.S.G. Amendment 782 without adequately explainin…
18-5644 Gesner Delva, aka Ti Blan v. United States Second Circuit 2018-08-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-3582 appellate-review circuit-court-precedent court-of-appeals criminal-sentencing district-court due-process equal-protection judicial-discretion precedent sentence-reduction sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation Whether the Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit Contrary to Its Own Precedent Affirmed the District Court's Judgment Order Whereby Denying the Pet…
18-5552 Victoriano Vega-Jimenez, aka Jose Raul Hernandez v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2018-08-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP 11th-circuit 18-usc-3582 18-usc-3582(c)(2) circuit-split conflict-with-precedent criminal-sentencing drug-amount drug-quantity drug-sentencing eligibility sentence-reduction sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation ussg-amendment-782 Whether the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit has entered a decision that is in conflict with its own precedent and the decision…