Deadlines for challenging convictions
Green v. United States
In brief
- Where it stands
- Petition Pending
Awaiting an order on the petition
- What it’s about
- John O. Green asks whether his one-year deadline to challenge his federal sentence began only after the Supreme Court decided all review requests by him and his co-defendants, and whether reasonable judges could disagree enough to let him appeal.
- What's at stake
- The unanswered questions concern when Green’s one-year deadline ran and whether he can appeal his challenge to his federal sentence.
Summary: written with AI from the case record.
What it's about
His petition was distributed for conference; that step is not a decision to hear the case.
Green’s case comes from the Fifth Circuit, the federal appeals court named in the filing.
Question presented
1. Whether, for purposes of the one-year limitation period imposed by 28 U.S.C. § 2255(f)(1), a direct appeal becomes final when all co-defendant’s petitions for writ of certiorari, including the Petitioner’s, have been decided. 2. Does the above res nova issue affecting Petitioner’s due process rights present an issue upon which jurists of reason could differ so that a certificate of appealability should issue?
What happens next
The Court is scheduled to consider whether to hear the petition at its Dec. 4, 2026 conference; that does not guarantee an order date.
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Sources
Primary materials plus reporting. Best-effort analysis: this explainer relies on a mix of primary materials and trusted secondary sources. Official filings and opinions remain authoritative.