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Hector Cristobal Mejia-Estrada v. United States
IFP petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, No. 24-50842 · judgment May 12, 2025
Question presented
When a district court imposes a term of supervised release as part of a sentence, the United States Sentencing Commission recommends imposing a long list of “standard” conditions of supervised release. Standard Condition 12 reads: If the probation officer determines that the defendant poses a risk to another person (including an organization), the probation officer may require the defendant to notify the person about the risk and the defendant shall comply with that instruction. The probation officer may contact the person and confirm that the defendant has notified the person about the risk. U.S.S.G. §5D1.3(c)(12), p.s. The question presented is: Does Standard Condition 12 unconstitutionally delegate judicial authority to the probation officer?
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Bradford Wayne Bogan
Federal Public Defender, Western District of Texas
For respondent
D. John Sauer
Solicitor General
Case
Conference history
Distributed for 2 conferences
Proceedings
- Jan 12 2026Petition DENIED.
- Dec 24 2025DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/9/2026.
- Dec 08 2025Brief of respondent United States in opposition filed.
- Nov 03 2025Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including December 8, 2025.
- Oct 31 2025Motion to extend the time to file a response from November 7, 2025 to December 8, 2025, submitted to The Clerk.
- Sep 30 2025Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including November 7, 2025.
- Sep 29 2025Motion to extend the time to file a response from October 8, 2025 to November 7, 2025, submitted to The Clerk.
- Sep 08 2025Response Requested. (Due October 8, 2025)
- Aug 28 2025DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2025.
- Aug 21 2025Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
- Aug 11 2025Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due September 12, 2025)