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Demario M. Peterson v. United States

IFP petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, No. 19-2278 · judgment January 6, 2021


Certiorari denied · October 4, 2021

Question presented

Whether the Sixth Amendment, Fifth Amendment, and this Court’s jurisprudence on the procedural and substantive reasonableness of sentences are implicated when a sentencing court bases a significant upward variance on acquitted conduct?

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Eric George Eckes
Pinales Stachler Young & Burrell Co., LPA

For respondent
Brian H. Fletcher
Acting Solicitor General

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Oct 04 2021
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Jul 08 2021
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/27/2021.
  3. Jul 01 2021
    Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
  4. Jun 03 2021
    Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due July 8, 2021)