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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
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
Subject area
Criminal Procedure (estimated from the questions presented, in the Supreme Court Database’s categories)
Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference
Order
Order list, January 12, 2026 · Certiorari denied
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)