No. 25-6748

John Edwin Corn, Jr. v. United States

Lower Court: Eleventh Circuit
Docketed: 2026-02-06
Status: Pending
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: 18-USC-3553a criminal-sentencing mitigating-factors sentencing-guidelines substantive-reasonableness upward-variance
Key Terms:
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 GuagliardoOffice of the Federal Defender, Petitioner
United States
D. John SauerSolicitor General, Respondent