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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

Certiorari denied · October 5, 2026

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

Subject area
Criminal Procedure (estimated from the questions presented, in the Supreme Court Database’s categories)

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Order
Order list, October 5, 2026 · Certiorari denied

Proceedings

Oct 05 2026
Petition DENIED.
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