The U.S. Supreme Court’s November argument calendar begins today. It is Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday this week and next except for Veterans’ Day, next Tuesday.<\/p>\n
Here are the criminal and law-enforcement-related civil cases on the docket:<\/p>\n
Today, Nov. 3: Rico v. United States<\/em>.\u00a0 Whether the fugitive-tolling doctrine applies in the context of supervised release.<\/p>\n Next Monday, Nov. 10: Landor v. La. Dept. Corrections<\/em>:\u00a0 Whether an individual may sue a government official in his individual capacity for damages for violations of the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act of 2000.<\/p>\n Next Wednesday, Nov. 12: Fernandez v. United States<\/em>:\u00a0 Whether a combination of \u201cextraordinary and compelling reasons\u201d that may warrant a discretionary sentence reduction under 18 U. S. C. \u00a73582(c)(1)(a) can include reasons that may also be alleged as grounds for vacatur of a sentence under 28 U. S. C. \u00a72255.<\/p>\n Next Wednesday, Nov. 12: Rutherford v. United States<\/em> and Carter v. United States<\/em>:\u00a0 Nonretroactive changes in sentencing law as grounds for sentence reduction.<\/p>\n CJLF has not filed an\u00a0amicus curiae<\/em> brief in any of these cases.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The U.S. Supreme Court’s November argument calendar begins today. It is Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday this week and next except for Veterans’ Day, next Tuesday. Here are the criminal and law-enforcement-related civil cases on the docket: Today, Nov. 3: Rico v. United States.\u00a0 Whether the fugitive-tolling doctrine applies in the context of supervised release. Next Monday, Nov. 10: Landor v. La. Dept. Corrections:\u00a0 Whether an individual may sue a government official in his individual capacity for damages for violations of the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act of 2000. Next Wednesday, Nov. 12: Fernandez v. United States:\u00a0 Whether a combination of \u201cextraordinary and compelling reasons\u201d that may warrant a discretionary sentence reduction under 18 U. S. C. \u00a73582(c)(1)(a) can include reasons that may also be alleged as grounds for vacatur of a sentence under 28 U. S. C. \u00a72255. Next Wednesday, Nov. 12: Rutherford v. United States and Carter v. United States:\u00a0 Nonretroactive changes in sentencing law as grounds for sentence reduction.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,44,49,56],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11766","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-civil-suits","category-probation-and-parole","category-sentencing","category-u-s-supreme-court"],"yoast_head":"\n