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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
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
Subject area
Criminal Procedure (estimated from the questions presented, in the Supreme Court Database’s categories)
Conference history
Distributed for 2 conferences
Order
Order list, June 8, 2026 · Certiorari denied
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)