Rutherford v. United States
Consolidated with:
Issue: Whether a district court may consider disparities created by the First Step Act’s prospective changes in sentencing law when deciding if “extraordinary and compelling reasons” warrant a sentence reduction under 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(1)(A)(i).
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| Date | Proceedings and Orders |
|---|---|
| 01/30/2025 | Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due March 5, 2025) |
| 02/21/2025 | Brief amicus curiae of Families Against Mandatory Minimums (FAMM) filed. |
| 02/26/2025 | Motion to extend the time to file a response from March 5, 2025 to April 4, 2025, submitted to The Clerk. |
| 02/27/2025 | Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including April 4, 2025. |
| 02/28/2025 | Brief amici curiae of Clinical Law Professors filed. |
| 03/05/2025 | Brief amici curiae of Former Bureau of Prisons Officials filed. |
| 03/05/2025 | Brief amici curiae of Former Federal Judges filed. |
| 04/02/2025 | Motion to extend the time to file a response from April 4, 2025 to May 5, 2025, submitted to The Clerk. |
| 04/03/2025 | Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including May 5, 2025. |
| 05/05/2025 | Brief for the United states filed. |
| 05/12/2025 | Waiver of the 14-day waiting period for the distribution of the petition pursuant to Rule 15.5 filed by petitioner. |
| 05/13/2025 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/29/2025. |
| 05/13/2025 | Reply of petitioner Daniel Rutherford filed. (Distributed) |
| 06/02/2025 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/5/2025. |
| 06/06/2025 | Petition GRANTED. The petition for a writ of certiorari in No. 24-860 is granted. The cases are consolidated, and a total of one hour is allotted for oral argument. VIDED. |
| 06/06/2025 | Because the Court has consolidated these cases for briefing and oral argument, future filings and activity in the cases will now be reflected on the docket of No. 24-820. Subsequent filings in these cases must therefore be submitted through the electronic filing system in No. 24-820. Each document submitted in connection with one or more of these cases must include on its cover the case number and caption for each case in which the filing is intended to be submitted. Where a filing is submitted in fewer than all of the cases, the docket entry will reflect the case number(s) in which the filing is submitted; a document filed in all of the consolidated cases will be noted as “VIDED.” |
| 06/20/2025 | Motion for an extension of time within which to file the briefs on the merits in No. 24-820 and No. 24-860 filed (also as to No. 24-556). VIDED. |
| 06/30/2025 | Motion to extend the time to file the briefs on the merits as to No. 24-820 and No. 24-860 granted. The time to file the joint appendix and petitioners' briefs on the merits is extended to and including August 8, 2025. The time to file respondent's brief on the merits is extended to and including September 25, 2025. VIDED. |
| 07/07/2025 | Motion of Daniel Rutherford to dispense with joint appendix submitted. |
| 07/08/2025 | Motion of Johnnie Markel Carter to dispense with joint appendix submitted. |