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Edgardo Esteras v. United States
IFP petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, No. 23-3422
Question presented
The supervised-release statute, 18 U.S.C. § 3583(e), lists factors from 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a) for a court to consider when sentencing a person for violating a supervised·release condition. In that list, Congress omitted the factors set forth in section 3553(a)(2)(A)-the need for the sentence to reflect the seriousness of the offense, promote respect for the law, and provide just punishment for the offense. The question presented is: Even though Congress excluded section 3553(a)(2)(A) from section 3583(e)'s list of factors to consider when revoking supervised release, may a district court rely on the section 3553(a)(2)(A) factors when revoking supervised release? Five circuit courts of appeals, including the panel orders below, have concluded that district courts may rely on the section 3553(a)(2)(A) factors. Four circuit courts of appeals, plus the dissents from orders denying rehearing en banc below, have concluded that they may not.
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Christian J. Grostic
Federal Public Defender, Northern District of Ohio
For respondent
D. John Sauer
Solicitor General
Case
Conference history
Distributed for 4 conferences
Amicus briefs
1 merits
(1 supporting pet./neither)
Argument & decision
Argued February 25, 2025 — Christian J. Grostic · Masha G. Hansford. Audio and transcript
Decided June 20, 2025. Opinion by Barrett.
Proceedings
- Jul 22 2025Judgment Issued.
- Jun 20 2025Judgment VACATED and case REMANDED. Barrett, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Roberts, C. J., and Thomas, Kagan, and Kavanaugh, JJ., joined, and in which Sotomayor and Jackson, JJ., joined as to all but Part II-B. Sotomayor, J., filed an opinion concurring in part and concurring in the judgment, in which Jackson, J., joined. Jackson, J., filed an opinion concurring in part and concurring in the judgment. Alito, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which Gorsuch, J., joined.
- Feb 25 2025Argued. For petitioners: Christian J. Grostic, Assistant Federal Public Defender, Cleveland, Ohio. For respondent: Masha G. Hansford, Assistant to the Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C.
- Feb 05 2025Reply of petitioner Edgardo Esteras filed. (Distributed)
- Jan 15 2025Brief of respondent United States filed. (Distributed)
- Jan 13 2025CIRCULATED
- Dec 16 2024Brief amici curiae of Criminal Law Scholars filed.
- Dec 10 2024Brief of petitioner Edgardo Esteras filed.
- Dec 10 2024Joint appendix filed.
- Dec 04 2024Record received electronically from the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit and available with the Clerk.
- Dec 03 2024Record requested from the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.
- Dec 03 2024Motion to extend the time to file the briefs on the merits granted. The time to file the joint appendix and petitioner's brief on the merits is extended to and including December 10, 2024. The time to file respondent's brief on the merits is extended to and including January 15, 2025.
- Nov 22 2024SET FOR ARGUMENT on Tuesday, February 25, 2025.
- Nov 18 2024Motion for an extension of time to file the briefs on the merits filed.
- Oct 21 2024Motion to proceed in forma pauperis and petition for a writ of certiorari GRANTED.
- Oct 15 2024DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/18/2024.
- Oct 07 2024DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/11/2024.
- Sep 12 2024DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/30/2024.
- Sep 06 2024Reply of petitioner Edgardo Esteras filed.
- Aug 30 2024Brief of respondent United States in opposition filed.
- Jul 23 2024Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including August 30, 2024.
- Jul 22 2024Motion to extend the time to file a response from July 29, 2024 to August 30, 2024, submitted to The Clerk.
- Jun 21 2024Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including July 29, 2024.
- Jun 20 2024Motion to extend the time to file a response from June 27, 2024 to July 29, 2024, submitted to The Clerk.
- May 28 2024Response Requested. (Due June 27, 2024)
- May 22 2024DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/6/2024.
- May 20 2024Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
- May 15 2024Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due June 14, 2024)