| 24-6193 |
Ronald Robinson v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2024-12-23 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-sentencing eighth-circuit rita-presumption section-3553a sentencing-guidelines substantive-unreasonableness |
Does a presumption of reasonableness of Guidelines sentences under Rita preclude a finding of substantive unreasonableness in a maximum guideline sent… |
| 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… |
| 21-6450 |
Steven Zinnel v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2021-11-30 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
apprendi-v-new-jersey criminal-procedure gall-v-united-states jury-determination sentencing sentencing-enhancement sentencing-guidelines sixth-amendment substantive-reasonableness substantive-unreasonableness |
Whether any fact that increases the penalty to which a defendant is exposed constitutes an element of a crime that must be found by a jury, not a judg… |
| 19-7622 |
Samuel Elliott v. United States |
Tenth Circuit |
2020-02-10 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
8th-amendment appellate-review child-pornography criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing due-process federal-guidelines sentencing sentencing-guidelines substantive-reasonableness substantive-unreasonableness |
Whether a sentence imposed pursuant to the United States Sentencing Guidelines covering child pornography offenses, U.S.S.G. §§ 2G2.1 and 2G2.2, is su… |
| 19-7182 |
Cirilo Mancilla Lopez v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2020-01-06 |
Denied |
IFP |
appeal appellate-review criminal-procedure due-process legal-objection preservation-of-error sentencing-guidelines sentencing-review standard-of-review substantive-unreasonableness |
Whether claims of substantive unreasonableness must be preserved by specific objection? |
| 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… |