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Hassan Abbas v. United States
IFP petition · United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, No. 24-1831 · judgment January 29, 2026
Question presented
Has the First Circuit impermissibly relied on a sentencing guideline application note's caption to override its own unqualified text? Does "referenced to" a sentencing guideline under USSG § 2B1.1 sweep in offenses only indirectly connected to it, as the First Circuit held? May a court treat "personally causing" a victim's financial hardship as satisfied by mere participation in the scheme that caused it? Did the First Circuit misapply the wire-fraud statute by reaching a transaction whose fraud, victim, and perpetrators were all located abroad?
Counsel of record
For petitioner
James M. Mason
Handelman & Mason
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
Proceedings
- Sep 25 2026Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including October 26, 2026.
- Sep 23 2026Motion to extend the time to file a response from September 25, 2026 to October 26, 2026, submitted to The Clerk.
- Aug 26 2026Response Requested. (Due September 25, 2026)
- Aug 13 2026DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/28/2026.
- Aug 07 2026Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
- Jul 20 2026Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due August 26, 2026)