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Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Apr 15, 2026

Head Comment: With separate dissenting opinion from MATHIS

Court: 6th Circuit Court (Published Opinions)

Attorneys 1: ARGUED: Christopher R. Knight, HAYNES AND BOONE, LLP, Dallas, Texas, for Appellant.

Attorneys 2: ARGUED: John J. Schoettle, UNITED STATES ATTORNEY’S OFFICE, Grand Rapids, Michigan, for Appellee.

Attorneys 3: ON BRIEF: Christopher R. Knight, Brenna Helene Scully, HAYNES AND BOONE, LLP, Dallas, Texas, for Appellant.

Attorneys 4: ON BRIEF: John J. Schoettle, Kathryn M. Dalzell, UNITED STATES ATTORNEY’S OFFICE, Grand Rapids, Michigan, for Appellee.

Judge(s): BATCHELDER, THAPAR and MATHIS, Circuit Judges

Court Appealed: United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan at Grand Rapids

ALICE M. BATCHELDER, Circuit Judge. Moreno Lee Jackson, who has an extensive history of firearm and drug-related offenses, challenges the procedural reasonableness of his middle-of-the-Guidelines sentence of 212 months’ imprisonment. Because we find that Jackson waived any appellate challenge to his sentence, we AFFIRM.

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