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Eric Guerrero, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division, Petitioner v. Dexter Johnson vs. Kendrick Jarrell Beaird v. United States vs. William Maxwell, Petitioner v. Sandra Dinis, Acting Warden
No. 25-1003No. 25-5343No. 25-5930
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| Fact | Eric Guerrero, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division, Petitioner v. Dexter Johnson | Kendrick Jarrell Beaird v. United States | William Maxwell, Petitioner v. Sandra Dinis, Acting Warden |
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| Docket | Eric Guerrero, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division, Petitioner v. Dexter Johnson25-1003 | Kendrick Jarrell Beaird v. United States25-5343 | William Maxwell, Petitioner v. Sandra Dinis, Acting Warden25-5930 |
| Status | Eric Guerrero, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division, Petitioner v. Dexter JohnsonBefore Arguments | Kendrick Jarrell Beaird v. United StatesBefore Arguments | William Maxwell, Petitioner v. Sandra Dinis, Acting WardenBefore Arguments |
| Date | Eric Guerrero, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division, Petitioner v. Dexter JohnsonArgued Nov 4, 2026 | Kendrick Jarrell Beaird v. United StatesArgued Oct 13, 2026 | William Maxwell, Petitioner v. Sandra Dinis, Acting WardenArgued Nov 2, 2026 |
| Question presented | Eric Guerrero, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division, Petitioner v. Dexter JohnsonWhether a claim relies on a "a new rule of constitutional law, made retroactive to cases on collateral review by the Supreme Court, that was previously unavailable" when the habeas petitioner could have asserted a claim based on the rule in a prior federal habeas petition? | Kendrick Jarrell Beaird v. United StatesWhether Stinson v. United States, 508 U. S. 36 (1993), still correctly states the rule for the deference that courts must give the commentary to the Sentencing Guidelines? | William Maxwell, Petitioner v. Sandra Dinis, Acting Warden1. The question for this Court is whether disputes regarding the calculation of an inmate's earned First Step Act time credits, enabling the inmate to transfer into halfway house or home confinement earlier, similar to parole, are actionable under 28 U.S.C. §2241? 2. The question for this Court is whether, given all the obstruction of the administrative remedy process that took place in this case, under Perttu v. Richards, exhaustion of administrative remedies is interwoven into the underlying claims themselves, creating a fact issue for a jury, and whether the trial court must make that determination in the first instance? 3. WHETHER A CLAIM REGARDING APPLICATION OF TIME CREDITS UNDER THE FIRST STEP ACT OF 2018, 132 STAT. 5195–5208 (CODIFIED IN RELEVANT PART AT 18 U. S. C. §§3631–3635), SEEKING ACCELERATED TRANSFER TO A HALFWAY HOUSE OR HOME CONFINEMENT, CAN BE BROUGHT IN A HABEAS PETITION UNDER 28 U. S. C. §2241? |
| Summary | Eric Guerrero, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division, Petitioner v. Dexter JohnsonThe Court will decide when a state prisoner may file a second federal habeas petition based on a new constitutional rule that the Supreme Court has made retroactive. Texas argues that Dexter Johnson cannot use that exception because he could have raised the claim in an earlier petition, even though it would not have succeeded then. | Kendrick Jarrell Beaird v. United StatesKendrick Beaird pleaded guilty to possessing a firearm as a convicted felon, and the district court increased his sentencing range based on Sentencing Guidelines commentary defining a “large capacity magazine.” The Supreme Court will decide whether courts must still follow the deference rule for Guidelines commentary stated in Stinson v. United States. | William Maxwell, Petitioner v. Sandra Dinis, Acting WardenWilliam Maxwell, a federal prisoner, challenges the Bureau of Prisons’ calculation of earned time credits under the First Step Act, which he says could make him eligible for earlier transfer to a halfway house or home confinement. The Court will decide whether he may bring that challenge through a federal habeas corpus petition under 28 U.S.C. § 2241. |
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