Deandre Blackman v. United States

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 § 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. As a result, this Court recently held that courts cannot rely on those § 3553(a)(2)(A) factors when revoking supervised release. See Esteras v. United States, 145 S.Ct. 2031 (June 20, 2025). The question presented in this case is closely related: Whether courts may rely on the 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a)(2)(A) factors when determining the length and conditions of additional supervision following a supervised release revocation?