section_path: Legal history/Attempts to appeal
section_name: Attempts to appeal
paragraph_text: Attempts to appeal
  
  In 2021, Hoover, having hired Bill Cosby 's former attorney, Jennifer Bonjean, tried to appeal his sentence under the First Step Act, but was denied by U.S. Judge Harry Leinenweber.
  
  In 2021, Hoover, having hired Bill Cosby 's former attorney, Jennifer Bonjean, tried to appeal his sentence under the First Step Act, but was denied by U.S. Judge Harry Leinenweber.