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William Jack Filing v. United States
IFP petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, No. 25-13999 · judgment August 19, 2026
Pending
Question presented
Whether a district court can fulfill its duty to make independent findings supporting a guideline adjustment by adopting the probation office’s findings contained within a Presentence Investigation Report?
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Dane Kristofor Chase
Chase Law Florida P.A.
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
- Oct 08 2026DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/6/2026.
- Sep 30 2026Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
- Sep 18 2026Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due October 26, 2026)