Bogard v. United States

Bogard asked the Supreme Court to review a Ninth Circuit decision about whether his federal sentence challenge was filed on time after Johnson v. United States and whether language in the old mandatory sentencing guidelines is unconstitutionally vague. The Court declined review, so it did not decide those questions on the merits.

The Court declined review, but the available record does not provide a vote count or opinion lineup.

This matters for federal prisoners trying to reopen older sentences based on Johnson. For example, someone arguing that a vague guideline language increased a sentence does not get new national guidance from this case.

This Supreme Court docket is finished. Any further relief for Bogard would have to come outside this completed Supreme Court proceeding.

The Court declined to hear Bogard's appeal. It did not decide his Johnson-based sentencing questions on the merits.

Federal prisoners making similar Johnson-based challenges to old mandatory guideline sentences are most affected. The Ninth Circuit's ruling still controls this case.

This Supreme Court docket is over. The lower-court result stays in place unless some other court action changes it.