Esteras v. United States
Holding
A district court considering whether to revoke a defendant’s term of supervised release may not consider 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a)(2)(A), which covers retribution vis-à-vis the defendant’s underlying criminal offense.
Judgment
Vacated and remanded, 7-2, in an opinion by Amy Coney Barrett on Jun 20, 2025. Justice Sotomayor filed an opinion concurring in part and concurring in the judgment, joined by Justice Jackson. Justice Jackson filed an opinion concurring in part and concurring in the judgment. Justice Alito filed a dissenting opinion, joined by Justice Gorsuch.
May 15, 2024Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due June 14, 2024)May 20, 2024Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
May 22, 2024DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/6/2024.
May 28, 2024Response Requested. (Due June 27, 2024)
Jun 20, 2024Motion to extend the time to file a response from June 27, 2024 to July 29, 2024, submitted to The Clerk.Jun 21, 2024Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including July 29, 2024.
Jul 22, 2024Motion to extend the time to file a response from July 29, 2024 to August 30, 2024, submitted to The Clerk.Jul 23, 2024Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including August 30, 2024.
Aug 30, 2024Brief of respondent United States in opposition filed.Sep 6, 2024Reply of petitioner Edgardo Esteras filed.Sep 12, 2024DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/30/2024.
Oct 7, 2024DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/11/2024.
Oct 15, 2024DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/18/2024.
Oct 21, 2024Motion to proceed in forma pauperis and petition for a writ of certiorari GRANTED.
Nov 18, 2024Motion for an extension of time to file the briefs on the merits filed.Nov 22, 2024SET FOR ARGUMENT on Tuesday, February 25, 2025.
Dec 3, 2024Record requested from the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.
Dec 3, 2024Motion to extend the time to file the briefs on the merits granted. The time to file the joint appendix and petitioner's brief on the merits is extended to and including December 10, 2024. The time to file respondent's brief on the merits is extended to and including January 15, 2025.
Dec 4, 2024Record received electronically from the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit and available with the Clerk.
Dec 10, 2024Brief of petitioner Edgardo Esteras filed.Dec 10, 2024Joint appendix filed.Dec 16, 2024Brief amici curiae of Criminal Law Scholars filed.Jan 13, 2025CIRCULATED
Jan 15, 2025Brief of respondent United States filed. (Distributed)Feb 5, 2025Reply of petitioner Edgardo Esteras filed. (Distributed)Feb 25, 2025Argued. For petitioners: Christian J. Grostic, Assistant Federal Public Defender, Cleveland, Ohio. For respondent: Masha G. Hansford, Assistant to the Solicitor
General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C.
Jun 20, 2025Judgment VACATED and case REMANDED. Barrett, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Roberts, C. J., and Thomas, Kagan, and Kavanaugh, JJ., joined, and in which Sotomayor and Jackson, JJ., joined as to all but Part II-B. Sotomayor, J., filed an opinion concurring in part and concurring in the judgment, in which Jackson, J., joined. Jackson, J., filed an opinion concurring in part and concurring in the judgment. Alito, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which Gorsuch, J., joined.
Jul 22, 2025Judgment Issued.Recommended Citation: Esteras v. United States, SCOTUSblog, https://www.scotusblog.com/cases/esteras-v-united-states/