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Martins Inalegwu v. United States
IFP petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, No. 24-2594 · judgment July 16, 2025
Certiorari denied · February 23, 2026
Question presented
Whether a district judge can render sentencing errors harmless by stating it would have imposed the same sentence regardless of any error, or by simply imposing an upward variance.
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Timothy Michael Shepherd
Office of the Federal Public Defender
For respondent
D. John Sauer
Solicitor General
Case
Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference
Proceedings
- Feb 23 2026Petition DENIED.
- Feb 05 2026DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/20/2026.
- Jan 20 2026Brief of respondent United States in opposition filed.
- Dec 08 2025Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including January 20, 2026.
- Dec 05 2025Motion to extend the time to file a response from December 19, 2025 to January 20, 2026, submitted to The Clerk.
- Nov 18 2025Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including December 19, 2025.
- Nov 14 2025Motion to extend the time to file a response from November 19, 2025 to December 19, 2025, submitted to The Clerk.
- Oct 14 2025Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due November 19, 2025)