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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


Certiorari denied · October 4, 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

  1. Oct 04 2021
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Jul 01 2021
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/27/2021.
  3. Jun 23 2021
    Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
  4. Jun 12 2021
    Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due July 19, 2021)