No. 25-5811
Ricky Joe Bland v. United States
Tags: criminal-sentencing drug-testing federal-circuit-split probation-officer sentencing-procedure supervised-release
Key Terms:
Immigration
Immigration
Latest Conference:
2025-11-14
Question Presented (from Petition)
Did the district court below err in imposing as a special condition of supervised release a requirement that "[t]he defendant… participate in a program of testing and/or treatment for drug …abuse, as directed by the probation officer, until such time as the defendant is released from the program by the probation officer."
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether a district court can delegate the frequency of drug testing during supervised release to a probation officer
Docket Entries
2025-11-17
Petition DENIED.
2025-10-30
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/14/2025.
2025-10-28
Waiver of United States of right to respond submitted.
2025-10-28
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2025-09-30
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due November 6, 2025)
Attorneys
Ricky Bland, et al.
Howard Walton Anderson III — Truluck Thomason LLC, Petitioner
United States
D. John Sauer — Solicitor General, Respondent