ALERT 2020

ALERT UPDATE 2020 – BI-WEEKLY REPORT
Federal Circuit Court Wins | Edition: September 8-19, 2025
Fighting for Your Freedom – One Victory at a Time
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September 8-19, 2025 Newsletter - ALERT 2020 This fall’s calendar is packed with criminal cases that could open doors for federal inmates. These 5 are worth watching with the dates for oral argument in October and November:

ALERT UPDATE 2020 – BI-WEEKLY REPORT
Federal Circuit Court Wins | Edition: August 25 to September 5, 2025
Fighting for Your Freedom – One Victory at a Time
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August 25 to September 5, 2025 Newsletter - ALERT 2020 The U.S. Supreme Court is in summer recess until October 2025, but the circuit courts continue issuing decisions that may help open the door to relief for incarcerated individuals.

ALERT UPDATE 2020 – BI-WEEKLY REPORT
Federal Circuit Court Wins | Edition: August 11-22, 2025
Fighting for Your Freedom – One Victory at a Time
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August 11-22, 2025 Newsletter - ALERT 2020 As of July 9, 2025, only one inmate per email can be reached. This adjustment means it now takes nearly three weeks to send one edition to our more than 40,000 subscribers. To adapt, we’ve moved to a bi-weekly schedule and added staff, who now work full-time to ensure everyone eventually gets thei...

ALERT UPDATE 2020 – WEEKLY REPORT U.S. Supreme Court and Circuit Court Wins
Edition: Week of July 7-11, 2025, 2025
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July 7-11, 2025 Newsletter - ALERT 2020 United States v. Ceballos, (No. 23-1610)(1st Cir. July 8, 2025)– the First Circuit vacated the 90-month sentence of Defendant-Appellant José Miguel Guzmán-Ceballos, who had pleaded guilty to transporting 385 kilograms of co***ne from the Dominican Republic to Puerto Rico. Although Guzmán-Ceball...

ALERT UPDATE 2020 – WEEKLY REPORT U.S. Supreme Court and Circuit Court Wins
Edition: Week of June 30-July 4, 2025
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June 30-July 4, 2025 Newsletter - ALERT 2020 Criminal Justice Highlights from U. S. Supreme Court OT24 Term Wrap-Up Order List The Supreme Court released a substantial 32-page order list yesterday, closing out its October Term 2024 with several developments of note for those following criminal law and procedure. Among the highlights, the Court...

ALERT UPDATE 2020 – WEEKLY REPORT U.S. Supreme Court and Circuit Court Wins
Edition: Week of June 23-27, 2025
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June 23-27, 2025 Newsletter - ALERT 2020 Hewitt v. United States, No. 23-1002 | decided June 26, 2025 | 5-4 – When a pre-First Step Act § 924(c) sentence is vacated and the defendant must be resentenced after the Act’s 2018 enactment, the resentencing occurs “before a sentence has been imposed” under § 403(b). The judge must ther...

ALERT UPDATE 2020 – WEEKLY REPORT U.S. Supreme Court and Circuit Court Wins
Edition: Week of June 16-20, 2025

June 16-20, 2025 Newsletter - ALERT 2020 On Wednesday. The U. S. Supreme Court released five opinions. The only criminal justice related case decided involved a procedural issue for a prisoner's suit. However, Hewitt v. U. S., (No. 23-1002), which was argued way back on January 13, 2025, is now the longest pending case since oral argument....

ALERT UPDATE 2020 – WEEKLY REPORT U.S. Supreme Court and Circuit Court Wins
Edition: Week of June 9-13, 2025
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June 9-13, 2025 Newsletter - ALERT 2020 On Thursday, the Supreme Court's released a unanimous ruling in Rivers v. Guerrero, (No. 23-1345) (S. Ct. June 12, 2025). Authored by Justice Jackson, the opinion begins this way: Authored by Justice Jackson, the opinion begins this way: Incarcerated individuals who seek to challenge their imprisonm...

ALERT UPDATE 2020 – WEEKLY REPORT U.S. Supreme Court and Circuit Court Wins
Edition: Week of June 2-6, 2025
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June 2-6, 2025 Newsletter - ALERT 2020 On June 2, 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a new order list, marking the start of what could be an eventful month. While the list itself may not appear particularly dramatic, it contains a noteworthy mix of one grant, one high-profile denial, and one long-running case that remains unresolved. Am...

ALERT UPDATE 2020 – WEEKLY REPORT U.S. Supreme Court and Circuit Court Wins
Edition: Week of May 26-30, 2025
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May 19-23, 2025 Newsletter - ALERT 2020 On Tuesday, the Supreme Court granted certiorari on whether possible 2255 claims can provide basis for 3582(c)(1)(A) sentence reduction. See below: In Fernandez, Joe v. United States, (No. 24-556)(Cert. Granted, May 26, 2025) --Here is the the Question Presented from the defendant's full cert petiti...