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Mark Wheeler v. United States
IFP petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, No. 24-12018 · judgment June 9, 2025
Dismissed · January 29, 2026
Question presented
- Does the mandatory commitment of a permanently incompetent defendant solely to assess the possibility of restoring competency violate due process?
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Jessica Lee
Federal Defenders of the Middle District of GA Inc
For respondent
D. John Sauer
Solicitor General
Case
Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference
Proceedings
- Jan 29 2026Petition Dismissed - Rule 46.
- Jan 28 2026Letter from the Solicitor General consenting to the dismissal of the petition for a writ of certiorari under Rule 46.1 filed.
- Jan 27 2026Motion to dismiss the petition for a writ of certiorari pursuant to Rule 46 filed by counsel for petitioner.
- Dec 31 2025Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including January 30, 2026.
- Dec 29 2025Motion to extend the time to file a response from December 31, 2025 to January 30, 2026, submitted to The Clerk.
- Dec 01 2025Response Requested. (Due December 31, 2025)
- Nov 13 2025DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/5/2025.
- Nov 07 2025Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
- Oct 22 2025Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due November 28, 2025)