No. 25-6141
Mark Abercrombie v. United States
Tags: appellate-review circuit-split criminal-procedure harmless-error judicial-discretion sentencing-guidelines
Latest Conference:
2026-01-09
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether errors in calculating the Sentencing Guidelines are rendered categorically harmless by the district court's routine and boilerplate assertion that the Guidelines would make no difference to the choice of sentence—a question that has divided the Circuits?
Question Presented (OCR Extract)
Whether errors in calculating the Sentencing Guidelines are rendered categorically harmless by the district court ’s routine and boilerplate assertion that the Guidelines would make no difference to the choice of sentence—a question that has divided the Circuits ?
Docket Entries
2026-01-12
Petition DENIED.
2025-12-11
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/9/2026.
2025-12-03
Waiver of United States of right to respond submitted.
2025-12-03
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2025-11-10
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due December 17, 2025)
Attorneys
Mark Abercrombie
Dustin Talbot — Federal Public Defender, Petitioner
Dustin Talbot — Federal Public Defender, Petitioner
United States
D. John Sauer — Solicitor General, Respondent
D. John Sauer — Solicitor General, Respondent