No. 24-860
Johnnie Markel Carter v. United States
Tags: district-courts extraordinary-and-compelling federal-prisoners nonretroactive-law sentence-reduction sentencing-commission
Latest Conference:
2025-06-05
(distributed 2 times)
Related Cases:
24-820
(Vide)
Question Presented (from Petition)
Whether the Sentencing Commission acted within its expressly delegated authority by permitting district courts to consider, in narrowly cabined circumstances, a nonretroactive change in law in determining whether "extraordinary and compelling reasons" warrant a sentence reduction.
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether the Sentencing Commission acted within its expressly delegated authority by permitting district courts to consider a nonretroactive change in law in determining 'extraordinary and compelling reasons' for sentence reduction
Docket Entries
2025-09-30
CIRCULATED
2025-09-02
Record received electronically from the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit and available with the Clerk.
2025-08-21
Record requested from the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.
2025-08-15
Amicus brief of The Fortune Society submitted.
2025-08-15
Amicus brief of NAACP, NAACP Empowerment Programs and NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc. submitted.
2025-08-15
Amicus brief of Former Commissioners of the United States Sentencing Commission submitted.
2025-08-15
Brief amicus curiae of The Fortune Society filed.
2025-08-15
Brief amicus curiae of Fortune Society filed. (as to 24-860)
2025-06-20
Motion of United States for an extension of time submitted.
2025-06-02
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/5/2025.
2025-05-28
Supplemental brief of petitioner Johnnie Markel Carter filed.
2025-05-28
Supplemental Brief of Johnnie Markel Carter submitted.
2025-05-14
Reply of petitioner Johnnie Markel Carter filed. Distributed
2025-05-14
Reply of Johnnie Markel Carter submitted.
2025-05-13
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/29/2025.
2025-05-12
Waiver of the 14-day waiting period for the distribution of the petition pursuant to Rule 15.5 filed by petitioner.
2025-05-12
Waiver of Johnnie Markel Carter of the 14-day waiting period submitted.
2025-05-05
Brief of respondent United States in support filed.
2025-05-05
Brief of United States in opposition submitted.
2025-04-11
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including May 5, 2025.
2025-04-10
Motion to extend the time to file a response from April 14, 2025 to May 5, 2025, submitted to The Clerk.
2025-04-10
Motion of United States for an extension of time submitted.
2025-03-13
Brief amici curiae of Former Bureau of Prisons Officials filed.
2025-03-06
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including April 14, 2025.
2025-03-05
Motion to extend the time to file a response from March 13, 2025 to April 14, 2025, submitted to The Clerk.
2025-03-05
Motion of United States for an extension of time submitted.
2025-03-04
Brief amici curiae of Clinical Law Professors filed.
2025-02-28
Brief amicus curiae of Families Against Mandatory Minimums (FAMM) filed.
2025-02-28
Brief amicus curiae of FAMM filed.
2025-02-28
Amicus brief of FAMM submitted.
2025-02-11
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due March 13, 2025)
Attorneys
Clinical Law Professors
FAMM
Jarrod Lee Schaeffer — Abell Eskew Landau LLP, Amicus
Former Bureau of Prisons Officials
Scott P. Lewis — Anderson & Kreiger LLP, Amicus
Former Commissioners of the United States Sentencing Commission
Joshua Adam Matz — Hecker Fink LLP, Amicus
Johnnie Markel Carter
David A. O'Neil — Debevoise & Plimpton LLP, Petitioner
NAACP, NAACP Empowerment Programs and NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc.
Carlton Eliot Forbes — Cooley LLP, Amicus
The Fortune Society
United States
D. John Sauer — Solicitor General, Respondent
Moez Mansoor Kaba — Hueston Hennigan LLP, Respondent
Sarah M. Harris — Acting Solicitor General, Respondent