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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


Pending

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

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Aug 26 2026
    Response Requested. (Due September 25, 2026)
  2. Aug 13 2026
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/28/2026.
  3. Aug 07 2026
    Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
  4. Jul 20 2026
    Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due August 26, 2026)