No. 25-5225

Manuel Vega v. United States

Lower Court: Ninth Circuit
Docketed: 2025-07-29
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: criminal-procedure multiple-violations prison-term sentencing statutory-interpretation supervised-release
Key Terms:
CriminalProcedure
Latest Conference: 2025-09-29
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a court can impose a cumulative prison sentence for multiple supervised release violations that exceeds the original term of supervised release

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

A court, in imposing sentence upon a criminal defendant, may include as part of the sentence a term of supervised release. If the defendant violates the conditions of supervised release, the court may revoke supervised releaseand require the defendant “to serve in prison all or part of theterm of supervised release authorized by statute for theoffense that resulted in such term of supervised release.” 18U.S.C. § 3583(e)(3). If a defendant has multiple violations of supervised release, can the court require the defendant to serve in prisona cumulative total that exceeds the term of supervised releaseimposed for his offense?

Docket Entries

2025-10-06
Petition DENIED.
2025-08-07
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2025.
2025-08-04
Waiver of United States of right to respond submitted.
2025-08-04
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2025-07-23
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due August 28, 2025)

Attorneys

Manuel Vega
Walter K. Pyle — Petitioner
United States
D. John SauerSolicitor General, Respondent