No. 25-5811

Ricky Joe Bland v. United States

Lower Court: Sixth Circuit
Docketed: 2025-10-07
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP Experienced Counsel
Tags: criminal-sentencing drug-testing federal-circuit-split probation-officer sentencing-procedure supervised-release
Key Terms:
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 IIITruluck Thomason LLC, Petitioner
United States
D. John SauerSolicitor General, Respondent