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Michael Chase Watson v. United States
IFP petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, No. 25-40440 · judgment June 23, 2026
Pending
Question presented
- May a district court impose discretionary conditions of supervised release by reference to a pre-prepared document when the court does not ensure that (or even ask whether) the defendant has reviewed the document?
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Jessica Alice Graf
Jessica Graf Law, PLLC
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 21 2026Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due October 26, 2026)