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Cedric Ray Jones v. United States
Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, No. 21-10117 · judgment April 21, 2025
Before the decision, roughly the 4.1% base rate. The model weighted this up for counsel who has won certiorari before and a Fifth Circuit decision below.
Question presented
The question presented here is the same as the first question presented in the petition in Hunter v. United States, No. 24-1063, which this Court granted for plenary review on October 10, 2025. In Hunter, the petitioner identified the decision of the Fifth Circuit below as evidencing one side of the circuit split that his petition sought to resolve. See Reply Br. in Hunter v. United States, No. 24-1063, at 3, 4 n.2, 5. The question presented is: Whether the only permissible exceptions to a general appeal waiver are for claims of ineffective assistance of counsel or that the sentence exceeds the statutory maximum.
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Brian Wolfman
Georgetown Law Appellate Courts Immersion Clinic
For respondent
D. John Sauer
Solicitor General
Case
Conference history
Distributed for 3 conferences
Argument & decision
Decided June 30, 2026.
Proceedings
- Jun 30 2026Petition DENIED. Statement of Justice Sotomayor respecting the denial of certiorari. (Detached Opinion)
- Jun 29 2026DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/29/2026.
- Jun 22 2026DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/25/2026.
- Dec 16 2025DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/9/2026.
- Dec 01 2025Memorandum of respondent United States filed.
- Oct 27 2025Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due December 1, 2025)