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Charvez Brooks v. United States
IFP petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, No. 24-4457 · judgment July 30, 2025
Question presented
Whether the Speedy Trial Act’s “ends of justice” provision, 18 U.S.C. § 3161(h)(7)(A), permits open-ended continuances that lack a definite termination date, like in the First, Third, Sixth, and Tenth Circuits, or instead requires any ends-ofjustice continuance to exclude time only for a specifically bounded period supported by contemporaneous findings, as the Second and Ninth Circuit hold. List of Parties All parties to the proceedings are listing in the caption of the case.
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Meghan Suzanne Skelton
SkeltonLaw, LLC
For respondent
D. John Sauer
Solicitor General
Case
Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference
Proceedings
- Dec 15 2025Petition DENIED.
- Nov 26 2025DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/12/2025.
- Nov 20 2025Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
- Nov 12 2025Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due December 15, 2025)