No. 21-6240

Michael Roger Clemons, aka Chinaman v. United States

Lower Court: Fourth Circuit
Docketed: 2021-11-12
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: appellate-review district-court guidelines-error harmless-error sentencing-error standard-of-review
Key Terms:
AdministrativeLaw Environmental SocialSecurity Securities Immigration
Latest Conference: 2022-01-07
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether any procedural sentencing error can be deemed harmless if the district court announces, without further explanation, that it would have imposed the same sentence regardless of any Guidelines error?

Question Presented (from Petition)

No question identified. :

Docket Entries

2022-01-10
Petition DENIED.
2021-12-02
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/7/2022.
2021-11-29
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
Main Document
2021-11-09
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due December 13, 2021)
Motion for Leave to Proceed in Forma PauperisPetitionAppendixProof of Service

Attorneys

Michael Clemons
Paul K. Sun Jr. — Ellis & Winters LLP, Petitioner
Paul K. Sun Jr. — Ellis & Winters LLP, Petitioner
United States
Elizabeth B. Prelogar — Solicitor General, Respondent
Elizabeth B. Prelogar — Solicitor General, Respondent