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| Case | Title | Lower Court | Docketed | Status | Flags | Tags | Question Presented |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25-6786 | Cornell Clisby v. United States | Sixth Circuit | 2026-02-11 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 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 | Denied | 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 | Question not identified. | |
| 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 | Question not identified. | |
| 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 | 1) Whether the Fifth Circuit erred in affirming the district court's denial of a sentence reduction under Amendment 821 despite procedural errors, i… |
| 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 | When a federal inmate files a motion for reduction of sentence or compassionate release pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 3582 (c)(1)(A), the district court mus… |
| 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, in narrowly cabined circum… |
| 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 | 1) As applied to Acquitted Conduct, whether the lower court erred in improperly denying a finding of "extraordinary and compelling" under U.S. Sentenc… |
| 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 petitioner's motion for reduction of sentence complies WITH THE FIFTH AMENDMENT GUARANTEE OF DUE PROCESS AND ESTABLISHED PRECEDE… |
| 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 PETITIONER'S MOTION FOR REDUCTION OF SENTENCE COMPLIES WITH THE FIFTH AMENDMENT GUARANTEE OF DUE PROCESS AND ESTABLISHED PRECEDE… |
| 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 | I. Whether the First Circuit 's refusal to grant a sentence reduction under the First Step Act, despite intervening changes in sentencing law, conf… |
| 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 | Question not identified. | |
| 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 | 1. The question presented here is whether the District Court abused its discretion or erred when Mr. Vasquez qualified for a sentence reduction, he as… |
| 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 | Question not identified. | |
| 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—among other circumstancespecific factors—legal errors in prior proceedings a… |
| 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 | Section 404 of the First Step Act of 2018 sets out two steps to determine whether the imposition of a reduced sentence is warranted for a defendant pr… |
| 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 | A defendant is entitled to the safety-valve sentencing provision of 18 U.S.C. § 3553(f) unless he violates all three subsections of the statute: (1) m… |
| 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 | MoTioN For Reduction Pursuan To 404 Senience of OF thE First ACT And Pre-Booker Issues. Stop Drug CORRECDION OF IDCORLOCT CAlCUlATION f CORRECTiON ofa… |
| 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 WHEN IT ARBITRARILY IGNORED PRECEDENT FROM ITS OWN CIRCUIT, AND THE SUPREME COURT, IN DENYING PETIT… |
| 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 a district court may consider the disparity in a sentence when the applicable sentencing law has changed, when the disparity is of a degree wh… |
| 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 | In Concepcion v. United States, — U.S. -, 142 S. Ct. 2389, 2404 213 L. Ed. 2d 731 (June 27, 2022), this Court held that the First Step Act "allows dis… |
| 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; and Whether the… |
| 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 | Question not identified. |
| 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 | QUESTON NUMBER ONE: Whether the district court abused its discretion by failing to comply with Section 404 (c) of the First Step Act of 2018, ensurin… |
| 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 | 1. 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, which dramatically altered sentencing exposure for those later sentenced, comprise "extraor… |
| 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 | failed to meet his burden of demonstrating Extraordinary and Compelling reasons that warrant a sentence reduction? Whether Certiorari should be grant… |
| 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 Court of Appeals errd when it denid petitioner's Request For summary reversal? Did the Lower Courts abuse their discreti… |
| 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 Due to Danger To The Communit… |
| 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 | 1. ) DID DISTRICT COURT THOROUGHLY REVIEW PETITIONER FISH'S REQUEST FOR " COMPASSIONATE RELEASE',' PURSUANT TO POLICY USSG 1B1.13? 2. ) DID THE DISTR… |
| 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 [18 U.S.C. Sec. 3582(c)(1)(A)]'to reduce or correct an exce… |
| 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 | Question not identified. |
| 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 is an "applicable" policy statement that binds a district court in considering a defendant-filed motion for sentence reducti… |
| 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 | 1. 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 o… |
| 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 | 1. 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 redu… |
| 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 | Did the district court err when it imposed an extratextual limitation on its statutory authority to determine what amounts to an "extraordinary and co… |
| 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 | Under 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(1)(A)(i), district courts have the authority to reduce a sentence based on "extraordinary and compelling reasons." In the F… |
| 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 | (1) 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 u… |
| 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 | Under 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(1)(A), a defendant may seek a sentence reduction based, in part, on "extraordinary and compelling reasons." In 2018, Congres… |
| 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 sent… |
| 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 | 1) Whether the lower court courts denial of relief in a habeas corpus petition pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 2241 ON THE QUESTION OF FACTUAL AND ACTUAL INNOCE… |
| 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 | 1. Is the limitation in U.S.S.G. § 1B1.10, which prohibits proportional sentence reductions for defendants who have previously received variances or d… |
| 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 | The most important question to be resolve by the US Supreme Court is if Petitioner Paul Surine and others in his own situation should be given a reduc… |
| 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 | (1) 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 u… |
| 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 adjudicating a motion for a reduced sentence under the First Step Act abuses its discretion when a defendant would have a sig… |
| 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 | Did the BOP violate the plain meaning of the relevant sentencing statutes and regulations by categorically disqualifying a prisoner convicted of a non… |
| 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, based on Section 404 of the Fair Sentencing Act. |
| 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 | Question not identified. |
| 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 | What are the scope and limits of a District Court's discretion in denying an unopposed motion for sentence reduction under the 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 | 1. A First Step Act (FSA) sentence reduction denial should come only after a "complete review on the merits." Yet the Sixth Circuit held that it had n… |
| 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 ar… |
| 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 pursuant to Amendment 782 to the Drug Sentencing Guidelines b… |
| 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 | The First Step Act changed the penalty for petitioner's crack cocaine crimes from life in prison to 10 years to life and changed petitioner's guidelin… |
| 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 | 1. Petitioner is deprived of Due Process of Law Contrary to Law in violation of the Fifth Amendment and Section 404 of the First Step Act. 2. Because… | |
| 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 | In 2011, the Sentencing Commission changed its policy statement in U.S.S.G. § 1B1.10 to disqualify defendants who received sentences below the Guideli… |
| 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 | Petitioner is challenging all Drugs Minus-Two pursuant to Title 18 U.S.C. § 3582 (c)(2). Reduction of Sentence, Petitioner is eligible to receive the … |
| 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 | l.Is a sentence imposed pursuant to a Type-C agreement, Fed. R. Crim. P. 11(c)(1)(C), is based on the defendant's United States Sentencing Guidelines … |
| 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 | In a sentence reduction application matter pursuant to 1 8 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(2) under Amendment 782,to the Sentencing Guidelines, if a defendant object… |
| 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 | 1. 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 f… |
| 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 | 1. May a district court deny a government's Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 35(b) motion for reduction of sentence based on substantial assistance … |
| 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 | FRANCES LAKE 855YEARS OLD WIDOW OF MELVIN LAKE, VETERAN. HAS SPENT 9 YEARS SINCE BEING MEDICALLY APPROVED FOR EXPENSES WERE WITHIN MAPR. RIGHT ARM HAS… |
| 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 when failed to impose a sentence that was sufficient but not greater than necessary to comply w… |
| 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 | A. Whether Under 18 U.S.C. S3582 (C) (2) should the Petitioner be eligible for a resentencing when two clariying amendments relevent to his case was e… |
| 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 | I. Whether the District Court Committed substantive error when failed to impose a sentence that was sufficient but not greater than necessary to compl… |
| 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 | Should a writ of certiorari be granted to determine whether the District Court and the Fifth Circuit erred in not granting relief under Title 18 U.S.C… |
| 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., 584 U.S. 2018, No. 17-155, apply to a career offender seeking reduction in his sentence by way… |
| 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 | The United States District Court of New Mexico denied the motion for reduction the sentence, Amendment 782 §3582(c)(2) spite the quantity of drugs inv… |
| 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) whe… |
| 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 | Denied | IFP | behavioral-credits civil-rights due-process parole prison-conditions rehabilitation sentence-reduction sentencing | IF w,rri- -'jcE o nFa IVrrk PQ ¶1 voLe Qti AJ EwAV1O(44L cfl riLe EiJ ' CkLLA'-G Lo$ F o!t1 poJc WILL P/WoLf S20 \4A41 rllpi~ T?-fL , ALL, ,f1o'ru… |
| 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 | When considering a sentence reduction under 18 U.S.C.§ 3582 and U.S.S.G. Amendment 782, does the court abuse it's discretion by not explaining the rea… |
| 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 Decisio… |