Concurrent prison sentences
Bishop v. United States
In brief
- Where it stands
- Petition Pending
Awaiting an order on the petition
- What it’s about
- Ronald Bishop asks whether a defendant prosecuted by both state and federal authorities for the same drug conduct gives up the right to have the sentences run at the same time if he was not told until six years later that the federal sentence could follow the state sentence.
- What's at stake
- Bishop's petition asks whether he may seek a federal sentence that runs at the same time as his completed state sentence.
Summary: written with AI from the case record.
What it's about
He says a judge ordered the federal sentence to begin after he had completed the state term.
The petition concerns state and federal prosecutions of Bishop for the same drug conduct and whether the resulting prison terms should overlap.
Question presented
Does a defendant facing dual prosecution by state and federal authorities for the same drug dealing conduct “waive” his right to seek a concurrent sentence (pursuant to U.S.S.G § 5G1.3(b)) when the record unequivocally shows that he never was advised that he faced a consecutive sentence until six years later when the government sought, for the first time, a consecutive sentence which the district court granted despite petitioner’s satisfaction of the prior state sentence?
What happens next
The petition was distributed for the Court's Dec. 4, 2026 conference. The Court must still decide whether to hear it; the distribution does not guarantee a decision on that date.
Documents
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Sources
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