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Richard Blake Howard v. United States

IFP petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, No. 23-40299 · judgment August 19, 2025


Certiorari denied · January 20, 2026

Question presented

I. SHOULD THIS COURT RECONSIDER ITS DECISION IN MANRIQUE V. UNITED STATES, 581 U.S. 116, 122–23 (2017), HOLDING THAT A DISTRICT COURT'S INITIAL JUDGMENT AND ITS SUBSEQUENT RESTITUTION ORDER CONSTITUTE SEPARATE JUDGMENTS AND A DEFENDANT’S NOTICE OF APPEAL FROM A JUDGMENT DOES NOT FUNCTION AS A NOTICE OF APPEAL FROM THE RESTITUTION ORDER ? II. DID THE DISTRICT COURT PLAINLY AND REVERSIBLY ERR WHEN IT ORDERED MR. HOWARD TO PAY RESTITUTION ?

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Amy Ruth Blalock
Blalock Law Firm

For respondent
D. John Sauer
Solicitor General

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Jan 20 2026
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Dec 31 2025
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/16/2026.
  3. Dec 18 2025
    Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
  4. Nov 17 2025
    Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due December 26, 2025)