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Eric Guerrero, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division v. Dexter Johnson vs. William Maxwell v. Sandra Dinis, Acting Warden vs. Pedro Jose Silva Ochoa v. United States
No. 25-1003No. 25-5930No. 25-7569
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| Fact | Eric Guerrero, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division v. Dexter Johnson | William Maxwell v. Sandra Dinis, Acting Warden | Pedro Jose Silva Ochoa v. United States |
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| Docket | Eric Guerrero, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division v. Dexter Johnson25-1003 | William Maxwell v. Sandra Dinis, Acting Warden25-5930 | Pedro Jose Silva Ochoa v. United States25-7569 |
| Status | Eric Guerrero, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division v. Dexter JohnsonBefore Arguments | William Maxwell v. Sandra Dinis, Acting WardenBefore Arguments | Pedro Jose Silva Ochoa v. United StatesCase remanded |
| Date | Eric Guerrero, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division v. Dexter JohnsonArgued Nov 4, 2026 | William Maxwell v. Sandra Dinis, Acting WardenArgued Nov 2, 2026 | Pedro Jose Silva Ochoa v. United StatesRemanded Oct 13, 2026 |
| Question presented | Eric Guerrero, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division 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? | William Maxwell 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? | Pedro Jose Silva Ochoa v. United States1. Whether a defendant’s challenge to a sentence exceeding the guideline range advocated by the defense at sentencing survived an appeal waiver that expressly recognized the defendant’s right to argue against guideline enhancements at sentencing and the waiver did not explicitly state that any resulting enhancements could not be appealed? 2. Whether an appeal waiver applies when the sentencing judge advises the defendant of the right to appeal without a government objection? |
| Summary | Eric Guerrero, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division 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. | William Maxwell 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. | Pedro Jose Silva Ochoa v. United StatesOchoa disputed whether his plea waiver barred an appeal of a sentence above his defense’s proposed guideline range, including when the judge advised him of an appeal right without government objection. The Supreme Court agreed to hear the case, wiped out the Eleventh Circuit judgment (vacated it), and sent the case back (remanded it) for reconsideration in light of Hunter, without deciding the questions. |
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