Doe v. United States
Petition for certiorari denied on March 18, 2013
| Docket No. |
Argument |
Opinion |
Vote |
Author |
Term |
| 12-705 |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
OT 2012 |
Issue: Whether, when considering how much to reduce a defendant’s sentence for substantial assistance pursuant to Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 35(b), a court (i) cannot consider the sentencing factors set forth in 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a), as held by the Sixth Circuit; (ii) may consider those factors only to the extent that they yield a smaller sentence reduction than the defendant’s assistance alone would warrant, as held by the Seventh, Eighth, Tenth, and Eleventh Circuits; or (iii) may consider those factors to grant either a smaller or a larger sentence reduction, as held by the Fourth and Ninth Circuits.
| Date | Proceedings and Orders (key to color coding) |
|---|
| Nov 9 2012 | Motion (12M55) of petitioner for leave to file a petition for a writ of certiorari with the appendix under seal filed. |
| Nov 9 2012 | Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due January 9, 2013) |
| Nov 20 2012 | MOTION (12M55) DISTRIBUTED for Conference of December 7, 2012. |
| Dec 10 2012 | Motion (12M55) of petitioner for leave to file a petition for a writ of certiorari with the appendix under seal Granted. |
| Jan 3 2013 | Order extending time to file response to petition to and including February 8, 2013. |
| Feb 8 2013 | Brief of respondent United States in opposition filed. |
| Feb 19 2013 | Reply of petitioner John Doe filed. (Distributed) |
| Feb 20 2013 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of March 15, 2013. |
| Mar 18 2013 | Petition DENIED. |
