No. 25-6563
Gary Craig Stephens v. United States
Response RequestedResponse WaivedIFP
Tags: court-of-appeals plain-error-review procedural-error sentencing-guidelines sentencing-range supervised-release
Latest Conference:
2026-02-20
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether a court of appeals may affirm a sentence when the district court never calculated or identified the applicable Sentencing Guidelines range and imposed a sentence more than double the high end of the correct range
Docket Entries
2026-02-06
Sealed electronic records received from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
2026-02-04
Response Requested. (Due March 6, 2026)
2026-02-04
Record Requested.
2026-01-29
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/20/2026.
2026-01-21
Waiver of United States of right to respond submitted.
2026-01-21
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2026-01-08
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due February 12, 2026)
Attorneys
Gary Stephens
Paul A. Barr — Flowers Keller LLP, Petitioner
Paul A. Barr — Flowers Keller LLP, Petitioner
Paul A. Barr — Flowers Keller LLP, Petitioner
United States
D. John Sauer — Solicitor General, Respondent
D. John Sauer — Solicitor General, Respondent
D. John Sauer — Solicitor General, Respondent