No. 23-5766
Richard Todd Haas v. United States
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 Dinkin — William J. Dinkin, PLC, Petitioner
United States of America
Elizabeth B. Prelogar — Solicitor General, Respondent