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Richard Johnson v. United States
IFP petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, No. 24-2393 · judgment July 16, 2025
Certiorari denied · June 8, 2026
Question presented
Whether the United States Sentencing Commission acted within its expressly delegated authority when it amended U.S.S.G. § 1B1.13(b) to permit district courts to consider a nonretroactive change in law as an “extraordinary and compelling reason” to warrant a sentence reduction?
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Anna Marie Williams
Federal Public Defender's Office
For respondent
D. John Sauer
Solicitor General
Case
Conference history
Distributed for 2 conferences
Proceedings
- Jun 08 2026Petition DENIED.
- Jun 01 2026DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/4/2026.
- Feb 19 2026DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/6/2026.
- Jan 30 2026Memorandum of respondent United States filed.
- Dec 31 2025Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including January 30, 2026.
- Dec 30 2025Motion to extend the time to file a response from December 31, 2025 to January 30, 2026, submitted to The Clerk.
- Nov 25 2025Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due December 31, 2025)