u-s-sentencing-commission
6 cases — ← All topics
| Case | Title | Lower Court | Docketed | Status | Flags | Tags | Question Presented |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25-5861 | Julius Rucks v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2025-10-10 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | criminal-sentencing drug-offense fentanyl misrepresentation sentencing-guidelines u-s-sentencing-commission | Whether, under the U.S.S.G. § 2D1.1 (b)(13), a defendant's offense can be enhanced by four levels, when there is no evidence that the defendant misrep… |
| 23-555 | Louis A. Wilson v. United States | District of Columbia | 2023-11-22 | Denied | 18-usc-3582 circuit-split concepcion-v-united-states extraordinary-and-compelling-reasons extraordinary-reasons habeas habeas-corpus non-retroactive-law sentencing-commission sentencing-reduction u-s-sentencing-commission | Can non-retroactive changes in the law constitute 'extraordinary and compelling reasons' authorizing a district court to reduce a prisoner's sentence … | |
| 20-7206 | Pedro Gonzalez-Mendoza v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2021-02-22 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 2015-amendment criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing district-court-discretion extraneous-factors mitigating-role sentencing-adjustment sentencing-guidelines u-s-sentencing-commission unrelated-cases | Did the district court err by denying Mr. Gonzalez-Mendoza a mitigating-role-adjustment |
| 20-5280 | Rahim Williams v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2020-08-05 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | criminal-procedure cross-reference district-court error federal-jurisdiction homicide sentencing-guidelines u-s-sentencing-commission u.s.s.g.-§-2k2.1(c)(1)(b) | Whether the district court erred by applying the Sentencing Guidelines cross reference under U.S.S.G. § 2K2.1(c)(1)(B) |
| 19-8649 | Angelo Johnson v. United States | Eighth Circuit | 2020-06-13 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | acceptance-of-responsibility criminal-procedure due-process guidelines guilty-plea plea-bargaining sentencing sentencing-guidelines u-s-sentencing-commission | Should a defendant be denied a three-level reduction for acceptance of responsibility under U.S.S.G. § 3E1.1 when the defendant enters a timely guilty… |
| 19-7811 | Marcus Scott Crum v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2020-02-27 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | aiding-and-abetting attempt conspiracy controlled-substance-offense inchoate-offenses judicial-deference sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation u-s-sentencing-commission | Whether the Sentencing Commission's commentary to its definition of 'controlled substance offense' in U.S.S.G. § 4B1.2(b) to include inchoate offenses… |