No. 25-6243

Richard Blake Howard v. United States

Lower Court: Fifth Circuit
Docketed: 2025-11-25
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: None
Latest Conference: 2026-01-16
Question Presented (from Petition)

I. SHOULD THIS COURT RECONSIDER ITS DECISION IN MANRIQUE V. UNITED STATES, 581 U.S. 116, 122–23 (2017), HOLDING THAT A DISTRICT COURT'S INITIAL JUDGMENT AND ITS SUBSEQUENT RESTITUTION ORDER CONSTITUTE SEPARATE JUDGMENTS AND A DEFENDANT'S NOTICE OF APPEAL FROM A JUDGMENT DOES NOT FUNCTION AS A NOTICE OF APPEAL FROM THE RESTITUTION ORDER ?

II. DID THE DISTRICT COURT PLAINLY AND REVERSIBLY ERR WHEN IT ORDERED MR. HOWARD TO PAY RESTITUTION ?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Question not identified.

Docket Entries

2026-01-20
Petition DENIED.
2025-12-31
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/16/2026.
2025-12-18
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2025-11-17
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due December 26, 2025)

Attorneys

Richard Howard
Amy Ruth BlalockBlalock Law Firm, Petitioner
United States
D. John SauerSolicitor General, Respondent