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Thomas Bryant, Jr. v. United States

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, No. 19-14267 · judgment May 7, 2021

Certiorari denied · December 6, 2021
Pre-decision estimate: 29% cert probability (95% interval 20%–40%)

Before the decision, about 7× the 4.1% base rate. The model weighted this up for a petition filed soon after the judgment below, counsel who has won certiorari before, and a circuit split argued in the petition.

Question presented

Whether Section 1B1.13 of the United States Sentencing Guidelines is an “applicable” policy statement that binds a district court in considering a defendant-filed motion for compassionate release under 18 U.S.C. 3582(c)(1)(A), as amended by the First Step Act of 2018.

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Kannon K. Shanmugam
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP

For respondent
Elizabeth B. Prelogar
Solicitor General

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Amicus briefs
3 cert-stage

Proceedings

  1. Dec 06 2021
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Nov 09 2021
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/3/2021.
  3. Nov 08 2021
    Reply of petitioner Thomas Bryant, Jr. filed. (Distributed)
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  4. Oct 22 2021
    Brief of respondent United States in opposition filed.
    Proof of ServiceMain Document
  5. Oct 15 2021
    Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including October 22, 2021.
  6. Oct 14 2021
    Motion to extend the time to file a response from October 15, 2021 to October 22, 2021, submitted to The Clerk.
    Main Document
  7. Sep 09 2021
    Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including October 15, 2021.
  8. Sep 08 2021
    Motion to extend the time to file a response from September 15, 2021 to October 15, 2021, submitted to The Clerk.
    Main Document
  9. Aug 10 2021
    Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including September 15, 2021.
  10. Aug 09 2021
    Motion to extend the time to file a response from August 16, 2021 to September 15, 2021, submitted to The Clerk.
    Main Document
  11. Jul 15 2021
    Brief amicus curiae of FAMM filed.
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  12. Jul 15 2021
    Brief amici curiae of Rachel E. Barkow and Brent E. Newton filed.
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  13. Jul 15 2021
    Brief amici curiae of The American Conservative Union Foundation Nolan Center for Justice, The Cato Institute filed.
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  14. Jul 08 2021
    Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including August 16, 2021.
  15. Jul 07 2021
    Motion to extend the time to file a response from July 15, 2021 to August 16, 2021, submitted to The Clerk.
    Main Document
  16. Jun 10 2021
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due July 15, 2021)
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