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James Baldemoro v. United States
IFP petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, No. 24-20451, 25-20094 · judgment June 16, 2026
Question presented
Whether revoking supervised release under 18 U.S.C. 3583(e)(3), on the basis of facts found by a judge under a preponderance of the evidence standard, violates the Fifth and Sixth Amendments as applied to a defendant who has already been punished by the maximum prison term prescribed by his underlying statute of conviction.
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Evan Gray Howze
Federal Public Defender
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 1 conference
Proceedings
- Oct 08 2026DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/6/2026.
- Sep 30 2026Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
- Sep 14 2026Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due October 23, 2026)