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Hammond v. United States

Certiorari Denied

Petition for certiorari denied on March 23, 2015.

Docket No.13-1512
Op. Below9th Cir.
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Issue

(1) Whether and under what circumstances the Eighth Amendment authorizes a district court to impose a sentence less than the statutory mandatory minimum; and (2) whether a criminal defendant's waiver of appeal rights made in an agreement to resolve a case prohibits an appeal by the government.

Proceedings & orders timeline

Jun 17, 2014
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due July 21, 2014)
Jun 25, 2014
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
Jul 2, 2014
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of September 29, 2014.
Sep 24, 2014
Response Requested . (Due October 24, 2014)
Oct 16, 2014
Order extending time to file response to petition to and including November 24, 2014.
Nov 19, 2014
Order further extending time to file response to petition to and including January 7, 2015.
Jan 5, 2015
Order further extending time to file response to petition to and including February 9, 2015.
Feb 9, 2015
Brief of respondent United States in opposition filed.
Feb 20, 2015
Reply of petitioners Steven Dwight Hammond and Dwight Lincoln Hammond, Jr. filed.
Feb 25, 2015
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of March 20, 2015.
Mar 23, 2015
Petition DENIED.

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