Plans to keep drug licenses
Hameed v. Drug Enforcement Administration
In brief
- Where it stands
- Petition Pending
Awaiting an order on the petition
- What it’s about
- Haroon I. Hameed argues that the DEA did not make the decision federal law requires on his corrective-action plan: the Administrator’s final order neither adopted nor addressed a Division official’s letter that the agency called preliminary.
- What's at stake
- Whether the DEA met that requirement for Hameed remains unresolved.
Summary: written with AI from the case record.
What it's about
Hameed has asked the Supreme Court to review the case, and the petition was distributed for a conference; that step is not a decision to hear the case or resolve the dispute.
The law at issue directs the Attorney General to decide whether proceedings should stop or be delayed after reviewing a corrective-action plan from someone registered with the DEA.
Question presented
Whether 21 U.S.C. § 824(c)(3), which provides that the Attorney General “shall determine” whether proceedings should be discontinued or deferred upon review of a registrant’s corrective action plan, is satisfied by a letter from a Division official that the agency itself described as a “limited, preliminary determination” and that the final order under review neither adopted nor addressed.
What happens next
The Court must decide whether to hear the case. Hameed's petition was distributed for a Dec. 4, 2026 conference, but that does not guarantee an order then; no argument or decision date is set.
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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.