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It's been said that "we are all textualists now." But how should the court interpret the text of the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines Manual after it has "exhausted all sources from which interpretive guidance may be derived," is "…

In 2022, a district judge finds Hinds County, Miss. officials in contempt of a federal consent decree after monitors report that a portion of its jail is essentially run by gangs. About 30 cells are used as dumpsters. Lights don't work. The majority of cell doors do not lock. Inmates regularly…

Following up on the Supreme Court's Padilla v. Kentucky holding that non-citizen criminal defendants must be advised…

The new Amendments to the United States Sentencing Guidelines take effect tomorrow, November 1, 2024.  The 2024 Guidelines Manual Annotated, available here, offers…

Natali Todd, a distinguished trial lawyer and the CJA Panel Representative for the Southern District of New York, has been honored with Gideon’s Promise's Champion of the Community Award. (…

Federal law prohibits entering "a restricted building or grounds," a term that is defined to include any restricted area "where the President or other person protected by the Secret Service is or will be temporarily visiting." January 6 protestor convicted under the law argues the gov't was…

Today, the Supreme Court granted review in Esteras v. United States, in which the justices will address a circuit split over what factors judges can consider when sentencing a person for violating…

Robert Roberson, the Texas man whose…

After Florida Governor Ron DeSantis suspended elected state attorney Andrew Warren in August 2022 because he vowed not to enforce abortion restrictions and replaced him with a political ally, Warren sued, alleging First Amendment retaliation. District court: Some of the factors that motivated…

The unanimous Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals late Wednesday removed an Idaho federal district judge from a case brought by death row prisoner Thomas Creech over her unwillingness to recuse herself based…