No. 23-5437

Adedayo Hakeem Sanusi v. United States

Lower Court: Fifth Circuit
Docketed: 2023-08-24
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: circuit-split due-process fundamental-fairness sentencing-guidelines sophisticated-means substantive-reasonableness upward-variance
Latest Conference: 2023-10-06
Question Presented (from Petition)

1. Whether the Appellant is deprived of Due Process and fundamentalsairness
where the district court applies a sophisticated means enhancement based
upon reasonings not articulated in the Sentencing Guidelines and where
there is a circuit split as to the interpretation and application of
the sentencing guidelines as it pertains to the definition of sophisticated
means .

2. Whether the Appellant was deprived of Due Process and Fundamental fairness
where the district court applies an upward variance, making the setencej;
substantively unreasonable, without articulating "fact-specific" reasons
for the departure.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Appellant is deprived of Due Process

Docket Entries

2023-10-10
Petition DENIED.
2023-09-14
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/6/2023.
2023-09-07
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2023-07-11
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due September 25, 2023)
2023-07-10
Application (23A18) granted by Justice Alito extending the time to file until August 18, 2023.
2023-06-21
Application (23A18) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from July 4, 2023 to August 18, 2023, submitted to Justice Alito.

Attorneys

Adedayo Hakeem Sanusi
Adedayo Hakeem Sanusi — Petitioner
United States
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent