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Justin Dewayne Dickerson v. United States

IFP petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, No. 25-60552 · judgment May 28, 2026

Pending

Question presented

Whether the district court ordered a substantively unreasonable sentence by ordering the subject 24-month federal sentence to run consecutively to a 20-year Mississippi state court sentence.

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Michael Scott
Office of the Federal Public Defender

For respondent
D. John Sauer
Solicitor General

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

Aug 13 2026
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/28/2026.
Aug 05 2026
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
Main Document
Jul 07 2026
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due August 10, 2026)
Motion for Leave to Proceed in Forma Pauperis Petition Appendix