No. 23-5766

Richard Todd Haas v. United States

Lower Court: Fourth Circuit
Docketed: 2023-10-12
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: 18-usc-3553(a) 3553a-factors appellate-review criminal-sentencing fourth-circuit procedural-error sentencing-guidelines variance-sentence
Latest Conference: 2023-11-09
Question Presented (from Petition)

Is the Fourth Circuit's plausibility test for evaluating a variance sentence under the 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a) factors, because it is untethered from any consideration of the lower court's sentencing guidelines calculation, procedurally erroneous?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Is the Fourth Circuit's plausibility test for evaluating a variance sentence under the 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a) factors, because it is untethered from any consideration of the lower court's sentencing guidelines calculation, procedurally erroneous?

Docket Entries

2023-11-13
Petition DENIED.
2023-10-25
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/9/2023.
2023-10-18
Waiver of right of respondent United States of America to respond filed.
2023-10-03
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due November 13, 2023)

Attorneys

Richard Todd Haas
William Jeffrey DinkinWilliam J. Dinkin, PLC, Petitioner
United States of America
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent