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