No. 24-6366

Steven Douglas Freno, Jr. v. United States

Lower Court: Eighth Circuit
Docketed: 2025-01-23
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: 3553a-analysis appellate-review booker-standard gall-factors judicial-discretion sentencing-guidelines
Latest Conference: 2025-03-28
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether appellate courts can dispense with analyzing guideline issues when a district court would have reached the same result by varying under Booker and Gall

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

1. Whether, postBooker and Gall, this Court should grant the Writ to provide clarity on an important, but unresolved area of law, to wit: whether appellate courts such as the P anel can completely dispense with analyzing the guidelines issue w here the District Court indicates it would have reached the same result by varying under Booker , Gall, and by applying the 3553 (a) factors?

Docket Entries

2025-03-31
Petition DENIED.
2025-03-13
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/28/2025.
2025-03-06
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2024-11-12
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due February 24, 2025)

Attorneys

Steven Freno
Rockne ColeCole Law Firm, PC, Petitioner
United States
Sarah M. HarrisActing Solicitor General, Respondent