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No. 17-8995October Term 2018Decided Jun 3, 2019

Docket 17-8995October Term 2018 (2018–2019)

Mont v. United States

This case asked whether a person’s federal supervised-release term stops running while the person is held in pretrial detention on new charges, if that detention is later credited toward the sentence for the new conviction.

Case status

Current stage
Decided
Latest event
Decision released Jun 3, 2019
Case Accepted
Arguments
Decision ReleasedJun 3, 2019
What it's about

This case asked whether a person’s federal supervised-release term stops running while the person is held in pretrial detention on new charges, if that detention is later credited toward the sentence for the new conviction. The Court held that such credited pretrial detention does pause the supervised-release term under federal law.

Question presented

1. Whether a statute directed to the administration of imprisoned individuals serves as authority to alter or suspend the running of a criminal sentence of supervised release, when such "tolling'' is without judicial action, and requires the term "imprisonment" as used in the administrative statute, to include pretrial detention prior to an adjudication of guilt. 2. Is a district court required to exercise its jurisdiction in order to suspend the running of a supervised release sentence as directed under 18 U.S.C. §3583(i) prior to expiration of the term of supervised release, when a supervised releasee is in pretrial detention, or does 18 U.S.C. §3624 (e) toll the running of supervised release while in pretrial detention?

Case path

United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit / Decision released Jun 3, 2019

Area

Immigration

Timing

Decided June 3, 2019

The Court released its decision on June 3, 2019 without hearing oral argument.