parsimony-principle

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
25-6138 Michael Chance v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2025-11-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split federal-sentencing life-expectancy parsimony-principle sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation Where 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a) mandates that federal courts "shall impose a sentence sufficient, but not greater than necessary, to comply with [its] purpo…