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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


Certiorari denied · December 15, 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

  1. Dec 15 2025
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Nov 26 2025
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/12/2025.
  3. Nov 20 2025
    Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
  4. Nov 12 2025
    Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due December 15, 2025)