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United States v. Shaheem Johnson
Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, No. 23-6896 · judgment July 8, 2025
Before the decision, about 1.7× the 4.1% base rate. The model weighted this up for a federal-government petitioner, counsel who has won certiorari before, and a dissent in the court below, and down for a petition under 3,000 words.
Question presented
Whether the district court permissibly found “extraordinary and compelling reasons” to allow reduction of respondent’s sentence under 18 U.S.C. 3582(c)(1)(A)(i). (I)
Counsel of record
For petitioner
D. John Sauer
Solicitor General
For respondent
Patrick L. Bryant
Office of the Federal Public Defender
Case
Subject area
Criminal Procedure (estimated from the questions presented, in the Supreme Court Database’s categories)
Conference history
Distributed for 2 conferences
Linked docket
25A355
Order
Order list, June 8, 2026 · Summary disposition
Proceedings
- Jul 10 2026Judgment Issued.
- Jun 08 2026Petition GRANTED. Judgment VACATED and case REMANDED for further consideration in light of Fernandez v. United States, 608 U. S. ___ (2026) and Rutherford v. United States, 608 U. S. ___ (2026). Justice Sotomayor and Justice Jackson would deny the petition for a writ of certiorari.
- Jun 01 2026DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/4/2026.
- Jun 01 2026Supplemental brief of respondent Shaheem Johnson filed. (Distributed)
- Apr 08 2026DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/24/2026.
- Apr 07 2026Reply of petitioner United States filed. (Distributed)
- Mar 24 2026Brief of respondent Shaheem Johnson in opposition filed.
- Mar 03 2026Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including March 24, 2026.
- Mar 02 2026Motion to extend the time to file a response from March 9, 2026 to March 24, 2026, submitted to The Clerk.
- Jan 27 2026Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including March 9, 2026. See Rule 30.1.
- Jan 23 2026Motion to extend the time to file a response from February 6, 2026 to March 8, 2026, submitted to The Clerk.
- Dec 23 2025Motion to extend the time to file a response from January 7, 2026 to February 6, 2026, submitted to The Clerk.
- Dec 23 2025Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including February 6, 2026.
- Dec 04 2025Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including January 7, 2026.
- Dec 02 2025Motion to extend the time to file a response from December 8, 2025 to January 7, 2026, submitted to The Clerk.
- Nov 05 2025Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due December 8, 2025)
- Sep 29 2025Application (25A355) granted by The Chief Justice extending the time to file until November 5, 2025.
- Sep 26 2025Application (25A355) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from October 6, 2025 to November 5, 2025, submitted to The Chief Justice.