Hutson v. United States
Petition for certiorari denied on November 17, 2025. Justice Gorsuch would grant the petition. Justice Alito dissented, joined by Justice Thomas.
Issue
Whether a state or local official who moves to terminate prospective relief under 18 U.S.C. § 3626(b)(1)(A) bears any affirmative burden beyond demonstrating that the requisite amount of time has passed.
Mar 21, 2025Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due April 24, 2025)Apr 16, 2025Motion of respondents Kent Anderson, et al. to extend the time to file a response from April 24, 2025 to May 24, 2025, submitted to The Clerk.
Apr 17, 2025Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including May 27, 2025, for all respondents. See Rule 30.1.
Apr 17, 2025Waiver of right of respondent Federal Party to respond filed.Apr 18, 2025Waiver of right of respondents Kent Anderson, Steven Dominick, Anthony Gioustavia, Jimmie Jenkins, Greg Journee, Richard Lanford, Leonard Lewis, Euell Sylvester, and LaShawn Jones to respond filed.Apr 29, 2025DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/15/2025.
May 6, 2025Response Requested. (Due June 5, 2025)
May 14, 2025Motion of the Solicitor General to extend the time to file a response from June 5, 2025 to July 7, 2025, submitted to The Clerk.May 14, 2025Motion of respondents Kent Anderson, et al. to extend the time to file a response from June 5, 2025 to July 7, 2025, submitted to The Clerk.May 15, 2025The motions to extend the time to file responses are granted and the time is extended to and including July 7, 2025, for all respondents.
Jun 23, 2025Motion of the Solicitor General to extend the time to file a response from July 7, 2025 to August 6, 2025, submitted to The Clerk.Jun 23, 2025Motion of Kent Anderson, et al. to extend the time to file a response from July 7, 2025 to August 6, 2025, submitted to The Clerk.Jun 24, 2025The motions to extend the time to file responses are granted and the time is further extended to and including August 6, 2025, for all respondents.
Aug 6, 2025Brief of Federal Respondent in opposition filed.Aug 6, 2025Brief of respondents Kent Anderson, et al. in opposition filed.Aug 20, 2025DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2025.
Aug 20, 2025Reply of petitioner Susan Hutson filed. (Distributed)Oct 6, 2025DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/10/2025.
Oct 14, 2025DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/17/2025.
Nov 3, 2025DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/7/2025.
Nov 10, 2025DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/14/2025.
Nov 17, 2025Petition DENIED. Justice Gorsuch would grant the petition for a writ of certiorari. Justice Alito, with whom Justice Thomas joins, dissenting from the denial of certiorari. (Detached Opinion)
Recommended Citation: Hutson v. United States, SCOTUSblog, https://www.scotusblog.com/cases/hutson-v-united-states/