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Mark Abercrombie v. United States
IFP petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, No. 24-30483 · judgment August 13, 2025
Certiorari denied · January 12, 2026
Question presented
Whether errors in calculating the Sentencing Guidelines are rendered categorically harmless by the district court’s routine and boilerplate assertion that the Guidelines would make no difference to the choice of sentence—a question that has divided the Circuits?
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Dustin Talbot
Federal Public Defender
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 10 2025Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due December 17, 2025)