Ham v. Breckon
Petition for certiorari denied on June 30, 2023
Issue: Whether a district court has jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 2241 to review a claim that a federal prisoner"s sentence is invalid in light of an intervening and retroactively applicable statutory-interpretation decision of the Supreme Court, when circuit precedent foreclosed the claim at the time of the prisoner"s prior motion under 28 U.S.C. § 2255.
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| Date | Proceedings and Orders |
|---|---|
| 11/18/2021 | Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due December 23, 2021) |
| 12/15/2021 | Motion to extend the time to file a response from December 23, 2021 to January 24, 2022, submitted to The Clerk. |
| 12/17/2021 | Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including January 24, 2022. |
| 12/23/2021 | Brief amicus curiae of Howard University School of Law Civil Rights Clinic filed. |
| 01/14/2022 | Motion to extend the time to file a response from January 24, 2022 to February 24, 2022, submitted to The Clerk. |
| 01/18/2022 | Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including February 24, 2022. |
| 02/24/2022 | Brief of respondent M. Breckon, Warden in opposition filed. |
| 03/16/2022 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/1/2022. |
| 03/16/2022 | Reply of petitioner John Forrest Ham, Jr. filed. (Distributed) |
| 03/28/2022 | Rescheduled. |
| 04/13/2022 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/29/2022. |
| 05/09/2022 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/12/2022. |
| 06/29/2023 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/29/2023. |
| 06/30/2023 | Petition DENIED. |