Pulsifer v. United States

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Pulsifer v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued October 2, 2023 Decided March 15, 2024
Full case name	Mark E. Pulsifer v. United States
Docket no.	22-340
Argument	Oral argument
Case history
Prior	United States v. Pulsifer, 39 F.4th 1018 (8th Cir. 2022).
Questions presented
Whether a defendant satisfies the criteria in 18 U.S.C. § 3553(f)(1) as amended by the First Step Act of 2018 in order to qualify for the federal drug-sentencing “safety valve” provision so long as he does not have (a) more than four criminal history points, (b) a three-point offense, and (c) a two-point offense, or whether the defendant satisfies the criteria so long as he does not have (a), (b), or (c).
Holding
A criminal defendant facing a mandatory minimum sentence is eligible for safety-valve relief under 18 U.S.C. § 3553(f)(1) only if the defendant satisfies each of the provision’s three conditions.
Court membership
Chief Justice John Roberts Associate Justices Clarence Thomas · Samuel Alito Sonia Sotomayor · Elena Kagan Neil Gorsuch · Brett Kavanaugh Amy Coney Barrett · Ketanji Brown Jackson
Case opinions
Majority	Kagan, joined by Roberts, Thomas, Alito, Kavanaugh, Barrett
Dissent	Gorsuch, joined by Sotomayor, Jackson
Laws applied
18 U.S.C. § 3553(f)(1)

Pulsifer v. United States, (Docket No. 22-340), is a decision of the United States Supreme Court interpreting 18 U.S.C. § 3553(f)(1), a provision of the federal sentencing statute as amended by the First Step Act.