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Willie Dwayne Mickey v. United States
IFP petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, No. 24-6478 · judgment December 3, 2025
Pending
Question presented
Whether, under 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(2), the Sentencing Commission may render a defendant ineligible for a retroactive sentencing reduction through commentary to U.S.S.G. § 1B1.10, where Congress specified that such determinations must be made by policy statement, and where the Commission lacks independent authority to impose substantive limitations not grounded in statute.
Counsel of record
For petitioner
David Richard Silldorf
Law Offices of David R. Silldorf, APC
For respondent
D. John Sauer
Solicitor General
Case
Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference
Proceedings
- Aug 20 2026DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/28/2026.
- Jul 31 2026Memorandum of respondent United States filed.
- Jun 25 2026Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including July 31, 2026.
- Jun 23 2026Motion to extend the time to file a response from July 1, 2026 to July 31, 2026, submitted to The Clerk.
- May 05 2026Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due July 1, 2026)