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Terron McAllister v. United States
IFP petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, No. 20-7138 · judgment January 22, 2021
Question presented
Whether a District Court adjudicating a motion for a reduced sentence under the First Step Act abuses its discretion when a defendant would have a significantly lower Guidelines range if he were sentenced at the time of the Section 404 motion than he did at the original sentencing, but the district court nonetheless denies a sentence reduction based solely on information that was already accounted for in the original sentence.
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Eric Joseph Brignac
Office of the Federal Public Defender
For respondent
Brian H. Fletcher
Acting Solicitor General
Case
Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference
Proceedings
- Oct 04 2021Petition DENIED.
- Jul 01 2021DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/27/2021.
- Jun 23 2021Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
- Jun 12 2021Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due July 19, 2021)