No. 25A584

Dylan Gregory Kerstetter v. United States

Lower Court: Fifth Circuit
Docketed: 2025-11-18
Status: Application
Type: A
Experienced Counsel
Tags: certiorari criminal-procedure deadline-extension jurisdictional-requirements petition-timing supreme-court
Latest Conference: N/A
Question Presented (from Petition)

Whether a defendant convicted under a state law that plainly criminalizes conduct outside the federal definition must point to actual state-court prosecutions that demonstrate a "realistic probability" that state prosecutors would apply the law to those facts.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a criminal defendant may obtain an extension of time to file a petition for certiorari beyond the standard 90-day deadline and under what extraordinary circumstances

Docket Entries

2025-11-19
Application (25A584) granted by Justice Alito extending the time to file until December 19, 2025.
2025-11-14
Application (25A584) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from November 23, 2025 to December 19, 2025, submitted to Justice Alito.

Attorneys

Dylan Gregory Kerstetter
James Matthew WrightOffice of the Federal Public Defender, Petitioner
United States
D. John SauerSolicitor General, Respondent