No. 25-6748
John Edwin Corn, Jr. v. United States
IFP
Tags: 18-USC-3553a criminal-sentencing mitigating-factors sentencing-guidelines substantive-reasonableness upward-variance
Key Terms:
HabeasCorpus
HabeasCorpus
Latest Conference:
N/A
Question Presented (from Petition)
Following this Court's decision s in United States v. Booker , 543 U.S. 220 (2005), and Gall v. United States , 552 U.S. 38 (2007), whether a district court imposes a substantively unreasonable sentence when it upward varies from the sentencing guidelines range but affords no real weight to a defendant's mitigating history and characteristics under 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a)(1) ?
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether a district court imposes a substantively unreasonable sentence when it upward varies from the sentencing guidelines range but affords no real weight to a defendant's mitigating history and characteristics under 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a)(1)
Docket Entries
2026-02-04
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due March 9, 2026)
Attorneys
John Corn, Jr.
M. Allison Guagliardo — Office of the Federal Defender, Petitioner
United States
D. John Sauer — Solicitor General, Respondent