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Michael Chance v. United States
IFP petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, No. 24-12575 · judgment August 14, 2025
Certiorari denied · January 12, 2026
Question presented
Where 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a) mandates that federal courts “shall impose a sentence sufficient, but not greater than necessary, to comply with [its] purposes,” does a sentence significantly longer than the defendant’s life expectancy fail to comply with that command?
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Janice L. Bergmann
Federal Public Defender's Office
For respondent
D. John Sauer
Solicitor General
Case
Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference
Proceedings
- Jan 12 2026Petition DENIED.
- Dec 11 2025DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/9/2026.
- Dec 03 2025Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
- Nov 13 2025Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due December 17, 2025)