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Terrell Anthony Hargrove v. Ian Healy, Warden
Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, No. 24-3809 · judgment September 10, 2025
Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.
Question presented
Under the First Step Act, eligible individuals who successfully complete qualifying programs or activities are rewarded with “time credits,” which can “be applied toward time in prerelease custody or supervised release.” 18 U.S.C. § 3632(d)(4)(C); see also id. § 3632(a)(6). In the decision below, the Sixth Circuit held that these time credits cannot be used to reduce “time in prerelease custody or supervised release,” but rather to reduce only a term of incarceration. App.4a-5a (citation omitted). The Ninth Circuit has reached the opposite conclusion, noting that courts across the country are fractured on this issue and that “[s]plits in authority are seldom so stark and consequential.” Gonzalez v. Herrera, 151 F.4th 1076, 1081 (9th Cir. 2025). The question presented is: Whether “[t]ime credits” under 18 U.S.C. § 3632(d)(4)(C) may be applied to reduce an individual’s term of supervised release.
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Catherine Adinaro Shusky
Federal Public Defender, Northern District of Ohio
For respondent
D. John Sauer
Solicitor General
Proceedings
- Apr 20 2026Petition DENIED.
- Apr 01 2026DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/17/2026.
- Mar 31 2026Reply of petitioner Terrell Anthony Hargrove filed. (Distributed)
- Mar 13 2026Brief of respondent Ian Healy, Warden in opposition filed.
- Feb 11 2026Brief amici curiae of Cato Institute, et al. filed.
- Feb 09 2026Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including March 13, 2026.
- Feb 06 2026Motion to extend the time to file a response from February 11, 2026 to March 13, 2026, submitted to The Clerk.
- Jan 08 2026Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due February 11, 2026)
- Dec 03 2025Application (25A643) granted by Justice Kavanaugh extending the time to file until January 8, 2026.
- Nov 26 2025Application (25A643) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from December 9, 2025 to January 8, 2026, submitted to Justice Kavanaugh.