United States Sixth Circuit

Judgment of district court denying defendant's eighth amendment claim is affirmed. A sentence of fifty-seven months is not grossly disproportionate to the crime of re-entering the US after being deported subsequent to the commission of an aggravated felony.

Appellate Information

• Decided 11/21/2003
• Published 11/21/2003

Judges

• Before:  SUHRHEINRICH, COLE and ROGERS, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Sixth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Chad A. Readler (argued and briefed), Jones Day, Columbus, OH, for Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Joseph C. Wyderko (argued and briefed), United States Department of Justice, Criminal Division, Appellate Section, Washington, DC, Tracy L. Berry, Asst. U.S. Atty. (briefed), U.S. Attorney's Office, Memphis, TN, for Appellee.