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
Key Terms:
SocialSecurity Securities Immigration
Latest Conference: 2020-09-29
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?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED 1) Is a standard condition of supervised release which requires a person to “permit a probation officer to visit [him] at any time at home or elsewhere” too broad to comply with the directive under § 3583(d)(2) that a condition “involve no greater deprivation of liberty than is reasonably necessary” to further the statutory purposes of supervised release? ii PARTIES Petitioner: William James Payton Respondent: United States of America

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