| 24-1279 |
Frank J. Anderson, Jr. v. New Jersey |
New Jersey |
2025-06-16 |
Denied |
Relisted (2) |
criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process fifth-amendment sentencing-modification sixth-amendment |
Does the New Jersey judicial process, by (1) preparing the judgment of conviction in the petitioner's absence, (2) departing from the orally pronounce… |
| 24-6674 |
Kevin Millette v. United States |
First Circuit |
2025-02-28 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-jurisdiction compassionate-release criminal-procedure federal-sentencing habeas-corpus sentencing-modification |
Whether a sentencing judge may impose a condition of supervised release that substantially restricts a defendant's access to his own children without … |
| 24-6130 |
Eugene Johnson v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2024-12-12 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
compassionate-release due-process judicial-discretion sentencing-modification statutory-interpretation trial-defects |
Whether a district court judge may consider due process violations, defects in the trial, and conflicts of interest from the underlying trial when dec… |
| 24-5650 |
Roberto Yepez v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2024-09-27 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
circuit-split compassionate-release federal-criminal-procedure sentencing-modification statutory-interpretation supervised-release |
Whether, as the Second and Seventh Circuits have indicated, the compassionate-release statute in 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(1) permits reducing supervised re… |
| 23-6994 |
Donald M. Reynolds v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2024-03-14 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-review direct-appeal federal-prisoner guidelines-range resentencing retroactive-amendment sentencing sentencing-guidelines sentencing-modification |
While a federal prisoner's direct appeal is pending for sentencing issues, and retroactive Amendment 821 is enacted which now lowers the appellant's g… |
| 23-6357 |
Dalton Laquane Smith v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2023-12-27 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
compassionate-release criminal-justice due-process federal-criminal-procedure judicial-discretion motion-for-relief sentencing sentencing-modification statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent |
1. Whether the denial of the Petitioner's 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(1)(A) Motion is contrary to this Court's ruling in CONCEPCION? see infra. |
| 23-5758 |
Jimmy Jay Strayhorn, Jr. v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2023-10-11 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
3553(a)-factors constitutional-review criminal-procedure due-process jury-trial pepper-v-united-states resentencing sentencing sentencing-modification statutory-interpretation unconstitutional |
WHETHER OR NOT/WHEN ONE HAS EXCERSIZED HIS RIGHT TO TRIAL AND
RF. FOUND GUILTY OF A COUNT IN HIS INDICTMENT THAT WOULD LATER
RF. FOUND UNCONSTITUTIONA… |
| 23-5675 |
Brandon A. House v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2023-09-29 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3582 appellate-court appellate-court-interpretation concepcion-precedent concepcion-v-united-states district-court district-court-discretion extraordinary-and-compelling extraordinary-compelling-reasons section-3582 sentencing-modification |
This Court said in no uncertain terms that a district court, when considering a sentence-modification motion, may consider not only changes in law mad… |
| 23-5456 |
John E. Gilcrease v. Louisiana |
Louisiana |
2023-08-28 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appeal appellate-review consecutive-sentence constitutional-rights due-process judicial-vindictiveness north-carolina-v-pearce plea-bargaining remand sentencing-modification |
Were John Gilcrease's due process rights violated when, after his plea and original sentence
for obstruction of justice that exceeded the maximum stat… |
| 23-5419 |
Seth Williams v. United States |
Third Circuit |
2023-08-23 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
career-offender constitutional-challenge criminal-procedure due-process jurisdiction jurisdictional-authority mandatory-minimum rehaif-doctrine sentencing sentencing-modification |
Does the District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania have the authority and jurisdiction to change a sentence after 12 years that was ORALL… |
| 22-5747 |
Demmerick Eric Brown v. Karen D. Brown, et al. |
Fourth Circuit |
2022-10-04 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
ex-post-facto good-time-credit good-time-credits mandatory-parole parole parole-board-policy retroactive-application retroactive-punishment sentencing-modification |
Petitioner committed several offenses in the 1980s. He received lengthy consecutive sentences, began serving them, and earned credit for good behavior… |
| 22-5704 |
Ronald Buzzard, Jr. v. Washington |
Washington |
2022-09-28 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
14th-amendment 5th-amendment constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection fair-sentencing judicial-misconduct procedural-fairness sentencing sentencing-modification |
Is Buzzard's judgment and Sentence void and invalid on the face due to the handwritten "fraudulent interlineations" on the face by the sentencing Judg… |
| 22-5143 |
Malia Arciero v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2022-07-20 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3582 abuse-of-discretion appellate-discretion compassionate-release criminal-justice federal-statute judicial-review motion-reconsideration reconsideration sentencing sentencing-modification |
Whether the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit abused its discretion in denying Arciero's Motion for Compassionate Release Under 18 … |
| 22-5061 |
Dewayne Joseph v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2022-07-11 |
GVR |
IFP |
concepcion-ruling concepcion-v-united-states crack-cocaine crack-penalties criminal-resentencing discretion eleventh-circuit fair-sentencing-act first-step-act sentencing sentencing-modification |
Whether this case should be reversed and remanded in light of Concepcion? |
| 21-8111 |
Leo Contrera v. United States |
Second Circuit |
2022-06-10 |
Granted |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedIFP |
covered-offense discretionary-modification discretionary-review first-step-act non-covered-offense sentencing-guidelines sentencing-modification sentencing-package u-s-code-3553a |
I. Whether the First Step Act (FSA) of 2018, under § 404 of the act, when a district court finds a defendant has a "covered offense" making him/her el… |
| 21-8019 |
Levelt Dewarren Musgraves v. Wisconsin |
Wisconsin |
2022-06-01 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-rights due-process equal-protection federal-law-application juvenile-lifers parole sentencing sentencing-modification state-court-review |
1. The Wisconsin state courts did not conduct a complete round of the Public
Interest Justice Initiative (PIJI) sentencing issue presented before the… |
| 21-7471 |
Jacques Hernes Telcy v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2022-03-25 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
district-court-authority first-step-act first-step-act-2018 habeas-corpus new-judgment resentencing sentencing sentencing-modification statutory-interpretation |
In the course of a "New Judgment " under the First Step Act of 2018 (FSA2018) new imposed sentence, what truly excess the reset clock for habeas corpu… |
| 21-6956 |
Roman Enrique Delgado-Montoya v. United States |
Tenth Circuit |
2022-01-25 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
bureau-of-prisons circuit-split compassionate-release criminal-sentencing extraordinary-and-compelling-reasons federal-prisoner-relief first-step-act sentencing-commission sentencing-modification statutory-interpretation |
Under 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(1)(A)(i), the district court is limited to the "extraordinary and compelling reasons" given in application note 1 of the com… |
| 21-6431 |
Vegas D. Smith v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2021-11-29 |
Denied |
IFP |
abuse-of-discretion appeals appellate-review career-offender criminal-procedure explanation judicial-discretion procedural-error record sentencing sentencing-modification statutory-interpretation |
Did the Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit commit error when it affirmed the District Court's decision to deny petitioner's motion filed under 18… |
| 21-5956 |
Nolan Nathaniel Edwards v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2021-10-13 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-procedure due-process first-step-act incarceration notice resentencing sentencing-modification supervised-release |
I. Whether § 404 of the First Step Act allows a district court to impose a term of supervised release not previously imposed, as it was not a componen… |
| 21-5940 |
Jovani Jacobo v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2021-10-12 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
compassionate-release criminal-justice extraordinary-and-compelling-reasons extraordinary-reasons federal-courts federal-prisoners judicial-discretion sentencing sentencing-modification statutory-interpretation |
The federal compassionate-release statute, 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(1)(A), permits sentencing courts to release federal prisoners for "extraordinary and co… |
| 21-5624 |
Ryan Scott Kibble v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2021-09-08 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3582 abuse-of-discretion chronic-health-conditions chronic-health-issues compassionate-release district-court-discretion global-pandemic incarceration pandemic-incarceration sentencing-modification |
Whether a district court abuses its discretion by refusing to grant compassionate relief to defendant under 18 U.S.C. § 3582 (c)(1)(A)(i) where that d… |
| 20-8085 |
Michael James Barnes v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2021-05-20 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3582 compassionate-release covid-19 covid-19-pandemic extraordinary-circumstances federal-statute health-conditions prisoner-relief sentencing sentencing-modification |
Whether the district court erred by denying Mr. Barnes' Motion for Compassionate Release under 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(1)(A). |
| 20-7671 |
Ronald E. Johnson v. Derek Schmidt, Attorney General of Kansas, et al. |
Tenth Circuit |
2021-04-06 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
constitutional-review criminal-procedure due-process kansas-supreme-court mandatory-minimums mandatory-sentencing sentencing sentencing-modification sixth-amendment statutory-interpretation sua-sponte |
Was Astorga v. Kansas remanded back to the Kansas Supreme Court for the purpose of correcting with the Mandatory Sentence modification of Hard 40/50 p… |
| 20-6949 |
Neally Cunningham v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2021-01-26 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
cocaine-base criminal-law criminal-resentencing drug-offenses federal-drug-offense first-step-act retroactivity sentencing sentencing-modification statutory-interpretation |
Whether Appellant's offense of conviction, a violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(b)(1)(C) occurring before August 3, 2010, and involving cocaine base, is a "… |
| 20-5904 |
Tarahrick Terry v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2020-10-05 |
Judgment Issued |
Amici (9)IFP |
2010 crack offenders sentenced under 21 U.S.C. § circuit-split crack-cocaine fair-sentencing-act federal-criminal-statute first-step-act sentencing sentencing-modification statutory-interpretation statutory-penalties |
Whether pre-August 3, 2010 crack offenders sentenced under 21 U.S.C. § 841(b)(1)(C) have a "covered offense" under Section 404 of the First Step Act. |
| 19-8036 |
Odis Lee Jackson v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2020-03-18 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
criminal-justice-reform criminal-resentencing district-court-procedure due-process federal-jurisdiction first-step-act judicial-review mandatory-minimum post-sentencing-conduct sentencing sentencing-modification sentencing-reform statutory-interpretation |
I. What procedures does Section 404 of the First Step Act require a district court to follow when conducting its statutorily required "complete review… |
| 19-6876 |
Mauricio Aguirre, aka Mauricio Aguirre-Orcutt, aka Peter Holston-Aguirre, aka Peter Holston, aka Miller Aguirre v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-12-09 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
apprendi-v-new-jersey criminal-procedure due-process fifth-amendment indictment jury-trial sentencing sentencing-modification sixth-amendment supervised-release |
Whether a federal defendant may suffer additional imprisonment
on the basis of facts that have never been placed in an indictment,
nor proven to a jur… |
| 19-5856 |
Amando Villarreal Heredia v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-09-06 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3582 18-usc-3582c2 drug-quantity fed-r-crim-p-11 federal-criminal-procedure federal-rules-of-criminal-procedure guidelines-range modification-proceeding plea-agreement sentence-recalculation sentencing-guidelines sentencing-modification |
QUESTION #1: In a " Modification Proceeding pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(2)," as to a retroactively applicable amendment
to the U.S. Sentencing Gu… |
| 19-5223 |
Bobby Minnis v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2019-07-19 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3582 criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process ex-parte-communication ex-parte-communications federal-sentencing judicial-discretion sentencing-modification state-sentencing |
Whether a federal district judge can make the internally contradictory oral pronouncement that a federal sentence is to be served concurrent with one … |
| 18-9763 |
Stirling Michael Heaton v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2019-06-24 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
concurrent-sentences concurrent-sentencing criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing discretion federal-guidelines federal-jurisdiction federal-plea-agreement judicial-discretion modification retroactive-amendment retroactive-guidelines-amendment sentence-concurrency sentencing-guidelines sentencing-modification sentencing-reform-act |
(1). In § 3582(c)(2) proceedings to modify a federal sentence in light of a retroactive amendment to the United States Sentencing Guidelines, does the… |
| 18-9735 |
Carlton Darden v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2019-06-19 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3582 criminal-sentencing dillion-v-united-states district-court-authority due-process evidence judicial-discretion judicial-review new-evidence offense-conduct sentencing-guidelines sentencing-modification statutory-interpretation united-states-sentencing-guidelines united-states-v-adams ussg-1b1.10 |
Does 18 USC 3582(c)(2) after Dillion give a district corut authority to make additional finding as to offense conduct attributable to a defendant base… |
| 18-8322 |
In Re Richard Madkins |
|
2019-03-07 |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process false-imprisonment federal-jurisdiction fourteenth-amendment habeas-corpus jurisdiction sentence-modification sentencing-modification state-jurisdiction unlawful-detention |
WHETHER IT WOULD RESULT IN A FUNDAMENTAL MISCARRIAGE OF JUSTICE IF FAILURE TO ENTERTAIN PETITIONER CONSTITUTIONAL CLAIMS;
1.That the State of Tenness… |
| 18-7511 |
Edwin J. Ortiz-Fagot v. United States |
First Circuit |
2019-01-24 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3582 criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-3582-c-2 criminal-statute due-process non-delegation retroactive-application sentencing sentencing-guidelines sentencing-modification statutory-interpretation |
Does the sentencing court's discretion of setting modification via 3553(A); include deciding whether to retroactively apply the plain language of the … |
| 18-7249 |
John Doe v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-01-07 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
18-usc-3582 circuit-court-review criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing dillon-v-united-states federal-criminal-procedure federal-sentencing-guidelines judicial-discretion resentencing sentencing sentencing-modification statutory-interpretation |
Whether the holding in Dillon v. United States, 560 U. S. 817 (2010) applies to 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(1)(B) in the same manner it applies to 18 U.S.C. §… |
| 18-6212 |
Thomas Burgess v. Nicole English, Warden |
Eleventh Circuit |
2018-10-03 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
28-usc-2255e amendment-782 criminal-procedure intervening-arrest mandatory-minimum miscarriage-of-justice precedent-change savings-clause sentencing sentencing-modification sentencing-relief-28-usc-2255e |
IF A DEFENDANT DID TRY TO PERSUADE THE COURT OF APPEALS TO CHANGE
ITS BINDING PRECEDENT BUT WAS UNSUCCESSFUL, WOULD THE DEFENDANT BE
ABLE TO SEEK RELI… |
| 18-5615 |
Joel Chavira-Nunez v. United States |
Tenth Circuit |
2018-08-16 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3553 18-usc-3582 appellate-review brady-v-maryland brady-violation criminal-procedure due-process ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel plea-bargaining prosecutorial-misconduct sentencing sentencing-modification tenth-circuit-review |
Reasonable Jurist would find it debatable Whether the District Court Erred When it Ignored Undisputed Facts Establishing that The Prosecution Violated… |