official-victim-enhancement

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
25-5404 Darren Smith v. United States Second Circuit 2025-08-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP acceptance-of-responsibility criminal-procedure mitigation-arguments official-victim-enhancement procedural-error sentencing-guidelines Whether a district court commits procedural error under 18 U.S.C. § 3553, Rita v. United States, 551 U.S. 338 (2007), and Gall v. United States, 552 U…
18-7623 James Goolsby v. United States Eighth Circuit 2019-01-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-3582-c-2 appellate-procedure dillion-v-united-states exceptional-circumstances judicial-discretion mandatory-life-sentence mandatory-minimum mandatory-sentencing misapplication-of-guidelines miscarriage-of-justice official-victim-enhancement recall-of-mandate retroactive-amendment sentencing-guidelines Whether the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals abused its discretion in refusing to recall the mandate on the direct appeal to prevent a miscarriage of j…