Prison credits and supervised release
Rivera-Perez v. Flowers
In brief
- Where it stands
- Petition Pending
Awaiting an order on the petition
- What it’s about
- Raul Rivera-Perez asks whether First Step Act time credits can shorten a person’s court-ordered supervision after prison. His petition was placed on a list for a Supreme Court conference; that step does not decide the question.
- What's at stake
- For Rivera-Perez, the unresolved issue is whether his First Step Act credits can shorten his supervised-release term.
Summary: written with AI from the case record.
What it's about
The dispute concerns whether credits earned under the First Step Act can count toward supervision after a person leaves prison.
Question presented
Whether time credits earned under the First Step Act of 2018, Pub. L. No. 115-391, 132 Stat. 5194, can be applied under 18 U.S.C. 3632(d)(4)(C) to reduce a term of supervised release?
What happens next
The petition was distributed for the Court's Nov. 6, 2026, conference. The Court must still decide whether to hear it; no argument or decision date is set.
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Sources
Primary materials from the Court and the parties. Grounded in docket records and cited sources. Official filings and opinions remain authoritative.