sentencing-reasonableness

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
24-6218 Anthony McCarary v. United States Ninth Circuit 2024-12-31 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split criminal-procedure federal-rules judicial-explanation preservation-of-error sentencing-reasonableness Does advocating for a particular sentence preserve the procedural reasonableness claim that a court failed to adequately explain the sentence when it …
23-6739 John Richard Brinson v. United States Ninth Circuit 2024-02-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP 8th-amendment child-pornography criminal-history criminal-sentencing due-process life-without-parole rehabilitation sentencing-reasonableness substantive-due-process substantive-reasonableness Whether a life without parole sentence for a 24 year old with no prior criminal record for producing child pornography is substantively unreasonable?
23-5941 Gregory L. Randle v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-11-02 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP consecutive-sentence consecutive-sentences criminal-procedure due-process federal-jurisdiction sentencing sentencing-guidelines sentencing-reasonableness supervised-release Whether the district court erred by ordering Mr. Randle to serve 12 months in prison for nonviolent supervised release violations, and by ordering the…
23-5137 Joshua Christopher Stockstill v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-07-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing district-court-discretion due-process federal-sentencing-guidelines section-3553a-factors sentencing sentencing-factors sentencing-guidelines sentencing-reasonableness Whether the district court ordered a substantively unreasonable 30-year prison sentence
22-7717 Christopher A. Bernard v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-06-06 Denied IFP appellate-review below-guidelines-sentence circuit-split district-court-discretion holguin-hernandez procedural-error procedural-reasonableness sentencing sentencing-reasonableness substantive-reasonableness Whether the holding in Holguin-Hernandez that a defendant's argument for a lower sentence preserves appellate review of the substantive reasonableness…
22-6718 Justin Stabler v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-02-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-3553 abuse-of-discretion alcohol-consumption criminal-sentencing electronic-searches section-3553a sentencing-guidelines sentencing-reasonableness substantive-reasonableness supervised-release Whether the 120-month sentence is substantively unreasonable
22-6627 Kenneth Mobley v. United States Sixth Circuit 2023-01-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review criminal-procedure district-court-jurisdiction due-process jurisdiction loss-calculation restitution restitution-order sentencing-guidelines sentencing-reasonableness substantive-reasonableness Was Mr. Mobley's sentence procedurally and substantively unreasonable
22-6429 Robert McKenna v. United States First Circuit 2022-12-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-3553 18-usc-3553a appellate-review criminal-history district-court-discretion due-process public-safety sentencing sentencing-factors sentencing-reasonableness Whether the First Circuit Court of Appeals erred in finding that the defendant's sentence was procedurally and substantively reasonable under 18 USC §…
22-5641 Jay Eugene Reed v. United States Third Circuit 2022-09-21 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP charging-instrument constitutional-rights conviction due-process fifth-amendment sentencing sentencing-reasonableness sixth-amendment Has the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit violated the Fifth and Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution by allowing an i…
21-7759 Mikkel McKinnie v. United States Fourth Circuit 2022-05-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP 21-usc-841 8th-amendment burrage-precedent causation drug-offense drug-related-death due-process guideline-range sentencing sentencing-reasonableness upward-variance Whether the Lower Courts Erred in Not Applying the Court's Precedent in Burrage v. United States
21-7356 Stacey Tremaine Johnson v. United States Fourth Circuit 2022-03-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure drug-trafficking due-process evidence firearm-possession guideline-calculation jury-instruction jury-instructions sentencing sentencing-reasonableness standard-of-proof uncharged-conduct Whether there was sufficient evidence for the jury to find the petitioner guilty of drug-trafficking,firearm-possession
21-7332 Marlon Sisnero-Gil v. United States Second Circuit 2022-03-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review circuit-conflict circuit-split criminal-procedure due-process judicial-discretion sentencing sentencing-guidelines sentencing-reasonableness substantive-reasonableness substantive-unreasonableness supervisory-power Whether the Petition should be granted because the Court of Appeals' decision holding that Petitioner's sentence was not substantively unreasonable co…
21-6207 Philip Bernard Friend v. United States Fourth Circuit 2021-11-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review comparable-cases comparative-sentencing criminal-procedure federal-sentencing-guidelines juvenile-offenders sentencing-disparities sentencing-reasonableness sentencing-review substantive-reasonableness substantive-review Whether an appellate court reviewing a sentence for substantive reasonableness should consider, when presented, a comparison between the instant case …
21-5899 Joseph Vasquez, Jr. v. United States Ninth Circuit 2021-10-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP career-offender guidelines individualized-sentencing judicial-discretion sentencing-factors sentencing-guidelines sentencing-reasonableness sentencing-review substantive-reasonableness substantive-review Whether a below guidelines sentence can still result in a substantively unreasonable sentence?
21-5431 Jereme Eugene Mackey v. United States Fourth Circuit 2021-08-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP conspiracy criminal-procedure drug-conspiracy drug-crimes due-process ineffective-assistance ineffective-counsel pre-trial-custody sentencing sentencing-reasonableness statutory-interpretation Whether the district court erred in finding the appellant guilty due to ineffective counsel
20-7034 Kelli Renee Bullard v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-02-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-discretion criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing defendant-rehabilitation district-court-discretion due-process judicial-review rehabilitation sentencing sentencing-reasonableness statutory-maximum Did the district court impose a substantively unreasonable sentence of 60 months imprisonment—the statutory maximum—when it did so with a blind eye to…
20-5058 Randy Estevez v. United States Second Circuit 2020-07-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure due-process felony-enhancement firearm-possession jury-instructions jury-unanimity sentencing sentencing-reasonableness u-s-sentencing-guidelines unanimity Whether the district court erred in not instructing the jury that it should be unanimous on the date and location of his alleged possession of the fir…
19-8868 Rodrecas Tims v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-06-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing federal-sentencing judicial-discretion prison-sentence reasonableness-review sentencing-discretion sentencing-factors sentencing-guidelines sentencing-range sentencing-reasonableness Whether the district court ordered an unreasonable 108-month prison sentence under the facts of this case, and under the recommended Sentencing Guidel…
19-8592 Maria Soly Almonte, aka Soly Almonte, aka Soly La Fuerte, aka SoSo, aka SoSo Wavy, aka Soly Montana v. United States Second Circuit 2020-06-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP age-of-consent appellate-review criminal-procedure due-process obstruction-of-justice procedural-reasonableness sentencing-guidelines sentencing-reasonableness substantive-reasonableness Whether Almonte's sentence was procedurally unreasonable
19-8569 Brandon S. Wilson v. United States Seventh Circuit 2020-05-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-3553(a) 18-usc-3553a abuse-of-discretion criminal-procedure district-court-discretion due-process procedural-error sentencing sentencing-reasonableness supervised-release Is Mr. Wilson's sentence procedurally and substantively infirm because the district court failed to consider the factors under 18 USC §3553(a) or offe…
19-8027 Javier Gomez-Carrasquillo v. United States First Circuit 2020-03-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-3553(a) circuit-review criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing individualized-assessment plea-agreement procedural-reasonableness puerto-rico-crime sentencing-factors sentencing-guidelines sentencing-reasonableness substantive-reasonableness Whether the district court erred in imposing a sentence that was procedurally and substantively unreasonable by failing to adequately consider the 18 …
19-7234 Denzel Chisholm, aka Den, aka Din v. United States First Circuit 2020-01-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP anti-drug-abuse-act anti-drug-abuse-act-1986 anti-drug-abuse-act-of-1986 congressional-intent criminal-law criminal-sentencing drug-offense proportionality retail-level-manager sentencing sentencing-reasonableness statutory-interpretation substantive-reasonableness Whether a 342-month sentence for a retail-level manager is substantively reasonable where it far exceeds a sentence that properly accounts for Congres…
19-7038 Angela Maxine Lee v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-12-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-3553 18-usc-922 18-usc-924 3553-a-factors 3553a-factors appellate-review criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing district-court-discretion federal-sentencing-guidelines sentencing-guidelines sentencing-reasonableness standard-of-review substantive-reasonableness Whether the above-Guidelines 84-month sentence ordered by the district court is substantively unreasonable under the § 3553(a) factors
19-6948 Michael Eugene Spry v. United States Fourth Circuit 2019-12-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-USC-3553 criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process federal-courts federal-jurisdiction federal-sentencing sentencing sentencing-guidelines sentencing-reasonableness supervised-release Whether the appellant Michael Eugene Spry's sentence was unreasonable as it was greater than necessary and as such, fails to comply with Title 18, Uni…
19-6932 Dustin Larmon McDonald v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-12-13 Dismissed Response RequestedResponse WaivedIFP appellate-review certiorari criminal-procedure district-court due-process fifth-circuit leniency-arguments preservation-of-error procedural-objection reasonableness sentencing-procedure sentencing-reasonableness united-states-v-haymond Must challenges to the procedural reasonableness of a sentence be preserved by a separate 'reasonableness' objection in district court?
19-6636 Gregory Williams v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-11-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP circumstantial-evidence constitutional-rights due-process fair-trial jury-bias jury-instructions prosecutorial-misconduct sentencing sentencing-reasonableness Whether the government violated Mr. Williams' constitutional right to a fair trial
19-5982 Alcadio Caballero De La Torre v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-09-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing data-analysis due-process judicial-discretion reasonableness-review sentencing-commission sentencing-data sentencing-guidelines sentencing-reasonableness statistical-analysis When, if ever, Sentencing Commission statistical data may be used to evaluate the reasonableness of a defendant's sentence
19-5877 Damion D. Faulkner v. United States Sixth Circuit 2019-09-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-sentencing cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process eighth-amendment judicial-discretion proportionality proportionality-review sentencing sentencing-disparities sentencing-guidelines sentencing-reasonableness sex-offense sex-offenses substantive-due-process is-it-substantively-unreasonable-to-impose-an-effective-sentence-of-life
18-9791 Luis David Moreno-Pena v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-06-27 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP abuse-of-discretion appellate-review criminal-procedure due-process judicial-discretion leniency preservation-of-error sentencing-argument sentencing-reasonableness sentencing-review Whether challenges to the reasonableness of a sentence rooted in a court's failure to address arguments for leniency must be preserved by specific obj…
18-9692 Jody Lanardo White v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-06-17 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP appellate-review criminal-procedure judicial-discretion plain-error preservation-of-error reasonableness-of-sentence sentencing sentencing-guidelines sentencing-reasonableness standard-of-review Whether challenges to the reasonableness of a sentence must be preserved by specific objection?
18-9578 James Jacob Parrish, Jr. v. United States Fourth Circuit 2019-06-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing due-process firearm-enhancement ineffective-assistance-of-counsel prior-conviction procedural-reasonableness sentencing sentencing-departure sentencing-guidelines sentencing-procedure sentencing-reasonableness sentencing-variance sixth-amendment substantive-reasonableness Whether Parrish's sentence was procedurally and substantively unreasonable
18-8400 Travis Demond Johnson v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-03-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-discretion acceptance-of-responsibility criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing due-process judicial-discretion sentencing-guidelines sentencing-procedure sentencing-reasonableness statutory-purposes-of-sentencing upward-departure Whether the district court erred in departing upward under the United States Sentencing Guidelines §4A1.3
18-8362 Pedro Rodriguez-Cortez v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-03-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-3553 9th-circuit appellate-review criminal-sentencing federal-sentencing-guidelines immigration-offense sentencing-factors sentencing-guidelines sentencing-reasonableness substantive-reasonableness supervised-release Whether a combined 70-month sentence on an immigration offense and the underlying supervised release violation was substantively unreasonable?
18-8161 Kali Lord v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-02-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP above-guidelines-sentence appellate-review criminal-procedure district-court district-court-discretion plain-error preservation-of-error procedural-error procedural-reasonableness reasonableness sentencing sentencing-arguments sentencing-guidelines sentencing-reasonableness Is a district court's gross failure to explain an above-range sentence or to respond to arguments for a lesser sentence reversible on plain error?
18-8079 Christopher Loran Bentley v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-02-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-discretion acceptance-of-responsibility criminal-sentencing judicial-discretion notice-requirement relevant-conduct sentencing-guidelines sentencing-reasonableness statutory-maximum substantive-reasonableness upward-departure Whether the district court erred in sentencing Mr. Bentley
18-7566 Pedro Goris, aka Pedro Goriz, aka Pedro Abreu v. United States Second Circuit 2019-01-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-discretion appeals appellate-review constitutional-review criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing due-process federal-sentencing-guidelines judicial-discretion reasonableness sentencing-guidelines sentencing-reasonableness substantive-reasonableness Whether Petitioner's sentence was both procedurally and substantively unreasonable
18-7304 Juan Rodriguez-Mantos v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-01-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review criminal-procedure due-process federal-law federal-sentencing-guidelines fifth-circuit judicial-review reasonableness-review sentencing sentencing-enhancement sentencing-guidelines sentencing-reasonableness supervisory-power Whether the imposition of an outside Guidelines sentence is reasonable
18-6855 Antonio DeJesus Perez-Martinez v. United States Sixth Circuit 2018-11-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review constitutional-challenge constructive-amendment criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection indictment indictment-variance ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel plea-bargaining proportionality sentencing sentencing-proportionality sentencing-reasonableness Whether appellate counsel was grossly ineffective by arguing a material variance instead of a constructive amendment
18-642 Morris E. Zukerman v. United States Second Circuit 2018-11-19 Denied Amici (1)Relisted (2) 18-usc-3742 appellate-review criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing district-court-discretion sentencing-explanation sentencing-guidelines sentencing-procedure sentencing-reasonableness sentencing-variance shocks-the-conscience substantive-reasonableness substantive-unreasonableness Whether a court of appeals that finds that a district court has failed adequately to explain a sentence can simply request further elaboration without…
18-6561 In Re Jesus Denova Lopez 2018-11-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-discretion appellate-review circuit-court-discretion guidelines-range section-3553(a) section-3553a sentencing sentencing-guidelines sentencing-reasonableness standard-of-review substantive-reasonableness Whether the panel of the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals abused its discretion by the rubberstamp of the erroneous and impermissible conclusion of erst…
18-6404 Tomas Ramirez-Cruz v. United States Ninth Circuit 2018-10-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review circuit-split criminal-sentencing due-process judicial-review non-frivolous-arguments procedural-due-process procedural-reasonableness reasonableness rita-v-united-states sentencing-policy sentencing-procedure sentencing-reasonableness Whether an appellate court may affirm as procedurally reasonable a sentence imposed where the record contains no indication the sentencing judge consi…
18-6391 Matthew Vaughn Hawks v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2018-10-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeals criminal-procedure due-process eleventh-circuit federal-rules-of-criminal-procedure mental-disability plain-error sentencing sentencing-disparity sentencing-reasonableness substantial-rights united-states-v-olano whether-the-eleventh-circuit-misapplied-fed-r-crim-p-52(b)-and-united-states-v-olano
18-5847 Jaime Shakur Garcia v. United States Fifth Circuit 2018-08-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP certiorari-petition chavez-meza circuit-split criminal-procedure en-banc en-banc-review plain-error reasonableness remand sentencing sentencing-reasonableness Should this Court hold this Petition until the court below renders its forthcoming en banc decision in United States v. Reyes-Contreras?
18-5108 Jaime Davila-Reyes, aka Peluche, aka Pai, aka Jaime, aka Chezina v. United States First Circuit 2018-07-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP burden-of-proof criminal-sentencing dismissed-charges due-process judicial-discretion preponderance-of-evidence sentencing sentencing-reasonableness substantive-reasonableness unproven-allegations Whether Petitioner's sentence was substantively unreasonable because the district court violated due process when it enhanced Petitioner's sentence ba…
18-5046 Giezi Magno Zamora v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2018-06-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeals criminal-procedure drug-trafficking due-process eleventh-circuit evidence habeas-corpus international-law judicial-review maritime-law sentencing sentencing-reasonableness writ-of-certiorari Whether the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals erroneously denied a motion where the petitioner showed new evidence to warrant an immediate release due…