| 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) (… |
| 24-6814 |
Jason Johnson v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2025-03-20 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appeal-waiver circuit-split criminal-procedure illegal-sentence plea-agreement sentencing-law |
Did the appeal waiver in Petitioner's plea agreement foreclose an appeal claiming that his sentence was illegal on its face and could not lawfully be … |
| 24-5782 |
Harvey Miguel Robinson v. Laurel Harry, Secretary, Pennsylvania Department of Corrections, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2024-10-18 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
federal-circuit-split habeas-corpus jury-instructions legislative-interpretation sentencing-law state-court-review |
Whether a court may instruct a jury about potential legislative changes to sentencing law, and whether a federal habeas court can substitute its own r… |
| 23-6879 |
Christopher Sean Burrus v. Washington |
Washington |
2024-03-01 |
Denied |
IFP |
6th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-challenge cruel-and-unusual-punishment drug-offense due-process eighth-amendment evidentiary-requirements ineffective-assistance-of-counsel mandatory-minimum mental-health sentencing-law |
Questions Presented |
| 23-6111 |
Lawrence Remsen, et al. v. Jennifer Shaffer, et al. |
California |
2023-11-28 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
constitutional-principles criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection judicial-discretion legislative-intent sentencing sentencing-law |
Did the States Highest Court abuse its discretion when it failed to acknowledge the State's Legislature had repealed its indeterminate Sentencing Law … |
| 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 |
| 22-5894 |
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 |
| 22-5859 |
Marcal Fraction v. United States |
Third Circuit |
2022-10-18 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
18-usc-3582 circuit-split compassionate-release extraordinary-and-compelling-reasons extraordinary-reasons retroactivity sentencing-law statutory-interpretation |
Whether non-retroactive changes in sentencing law can constitute extraordinary and compelling reasons for compassionate release under 18 U.S.C. § 3582… |
| 22-5625 |
Orville Tucker v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2022-09-20 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
3553(a)-factors circuit-split compassionate-release guideline-range non-delegation-doctrine sentencing-commission sentencing-law statutory-interpretation |
Did Congress delegate complete authority to the U.S. Sentencing Commission to define extraordinary-and-compelling-reasons for 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… |
| 21-8082 |
Arthur Houze v. United States |
Third Circuit |
2022-06-07 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3582 circuit-split compassionate-release extraordinary-and-compelling-reasons extraordinary-reasons retroactivity sentencing-law statutory-interpretation |
Whether non-retroactive changes in sentencing law can constitute extraordinary and compelling reasons for compassionate release under 18 U.S.C. § 3582… |
| 21-7701 |
Francisco Rosales Hernandez v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2022-04-26 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
advisory-guidelines advisory-range criminal-procedure district-court extraordinary-compelling-reasons judicial-discretion molina-martinez-v-united-states ninth-circuit plain-error remand remand
21-7700" rosales-mireles-v-united-states sentencing-guidelines sentencing-law sentencing-reduction statutory-interpretation Whether a district court may consider nonretroacti |
When should a case be remanded for resentencing under the plain-error standard of review if the district court failed to announce its calculation of t… |
| 21-7700 |
Ronald Hunter v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2022-04-26 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3582 criminal-sentencing district-court district-court-discretion extraordinary-and-compelling extraordinary-compelling-reasons rehabilitation sentencing-guidelines sentencing-law sentencing-reduction statutory-interpretation |
Whether a district court may consider changes in sentencing law as a possible 'extraordinary and compelling' reason warranting a sentence reduction un… |
| 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… |
| 21-5516 |
In Re Freddy Perkins |
|
2021-08-30 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
841-b-1-a 846 851-enhancement actual-innocence cocaine-base criminal-procedure mathis-v-united-states retroactive-application retroactivity sentencing-law statutory-enhancement |
Whether Mathis applies retroactive to Petitioner Perkin's claim of 'Actual Innocent' under 841 (b)(1)(a) & 846, 280 grams or more Cocaine Base and 851… |
| 20-6214 |
John J. Powers v. Warden, Allenwood USP |
Third Circuit |
2020-11-05 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
1-usc-109 18-usc-3624b criminal-procedure first-step-act general-savings-statute good-time-credits sentencing-law statutory-interpretation |
Does the General Savings Statute, 1 U.S.C. §109, apply to the First Step Act's amendment to 18 U.S.C. §3624(b), so that penalties of the loss of good … |
| 20-5051 |
Andre Patrick Staggers v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2020-07-13 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
21-usc-841(b) criminal-procedure drug-offense first-step-act retroactive-application retroactivity sentencing sentencing-law statutory-minimums |
Does the First Step Act provision lowering the enhanced statutory minimums of 21 U.S.C. § 841(b) apply to persons who were sentenced before the provis… |
| 19-8764 |
James William Burney v. Florida |
Florida |
2020-06-19 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
constitutional-provision due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment retroactive-application sentencing sentencing-law state-constitution voter-intent |
Whether the Fourteenth Amendment Due Process and Equal Protection protections requires enactment legislation for a state constitutional provision to b… |
| 19-298 |
Fernando Juarez v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-09-04 |
Denied |
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criminal-procedure cruel-and-unusual-punishment de-facto-life-without-parole eighth-amendment ex-post-facto ex-post-facto-clause fourteenth-amendment habeas-corpus juvenile-sentencing miller-v-alabama sentencing-hearing sentencing-law |
Does an automatic life-without-parole sentence for juveniles violate the Eighth Amendment? |
| 19-5325 |
Alan Victor Gomez Gomez v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-07-25 |
GVR |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (5)IFP |
circuit-split criminal-law criminal-statute federal-jurisdiction federal-procedure force-element immigration-law mens-rea reckless-mental-state sentencing sentencing-law statutory-interpretation |
Whether a statute has as an element the use of force against the person of another when a conviction under that statute can be based on a reckless men… |
| 18-5821 |
Thomas Lee Farmer v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2018-08-29 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
2255-relief collateral-review concurrent-sentence-doctrine constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus johnson-v-united-states multiple-sentences retroactive-constitutional-rule retroactive-review retroactivity section-2255 sentencing sentencing-law |
Whether the concurrent sentence doctrine should be applied to deny § 2255 relief |