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Christopher Lewis Tucker v. United States
IFP petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, No. 23-4740 · judgment October 9, 2025
Certiorari denied · January 12, 2026
Question presented
Is a twenty-five year term of supervised release with stringent special conditions including the forced administration of medication “greater than necessary” to satisfy the statutory purposes of sentencing enumerated in 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a) in the context of a criminal defendant who “languished in pretrial custody for more than five years.” waiting for a competency evaluation?
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Eric Joseph Brignac
Office of the Federal Public Defender
For respondent
D. John Sauer
Solicitor General
Case
Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference
Proceedings
- Jan 12 2026Petition DENIED.
- Dec 11 2025DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/9/2026.
- Dec 03 2025Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
- Nov 14 2025Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due December 18, 2025)