Memorandum Opinion — U.S. v. Danielle A. Phillips (N.D. Ala.)

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A memorandum opinion regarding sentencing in United States of America v. Danielle A. Phillips, Case No. 2:23-CR-00332-MHH-JHE2, in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama, filed May 16, 2025 as Document 123 by United States District Judge Madeline Hughes Haikala. It explains why the court overruled the government's objection, made at the February 20, 2025 sentencing hearing, to hearing Phillips's objections to the presentence report released June 13, 2024. The opinion recounts a November 21, 2023 guilty plea to conspiracy to commit wire fraud and a June 2024 revision, after untimely government objections, that added an obstruction enhancement and raised the guideline range from 30 to 37 months to 51 to 63 months. It finds good cause because CJA counsel Scott Brower had not received the June 2024 report.

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