No. 20-5490

William James Payton v. United States

Lower Court: Fifth Circuit
Docketed: 2020-08-25
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: 3583(d)(2) criminal-procedure home-visit home-visits liberty-deprivation probation-officer statutory-interpretation statutory-purposes supervised-release
Latest Conference: 2020-09-29
Question Presented (from Petition)

1) Is a standard condition of supervised release which requires a
person to "permit a probation officer to visit [him] at any time athome or elsewhere" too broad to comply with the directive under§ 3583(d)(2) that a condition "involve no greater deprivation ofliberty than is reasonably necessary" to further the statutorypurposes of supervised release?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Is a standard condition of supervised release too broad to comply with the directive under § 3583(d)(2) that a condition involve no greater deprivation of liberty than is reasonably necessary?

Docket Entries

2020-10-05
Petition DENIED.
2020-09-03
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2020.
2020-08-27
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2020-08-14
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due September 24, 2020)

Attorneys

United States
Jeffrey B. WallActing Solicitor General, Respondent
William James Payton
William Reynolds BiggsWILLIAM R. BIGGS, PLLC, Petitioner