No. 23-7483
 
Title: Edgardo Esteras, Petitioner
v.
United States
Docketed: May 15, 2024
Lower Ct: United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
   Case Numbers: (23-3422)
   Decision Date: December 20, 2023
Rule 12.4
   Rehearing Denied: March 7, 2024
Questions Presented
 
Proceedings and Orders
May 15 2024 Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due June 14, 2024)
Motion for Leave to Proceed in Forma Pauperis Motion for Leave to Proceed in Forma Pauperis Motion for Leave to Proceed in Forma Pauperis Petition Appendix Proof of Service
May 20 2024 Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
Main Document
May 22 2024 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/6/2024.
May 28 2024 Response Requested. (Due June 27, 2024)
Jun 20 2024 Motion to extend the time to file a response from June 27, 2024 to July 29, 2024, submitted to The Clerk.
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Jun 21 2024 Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including July 29, 2024.
Jul 22 2024 Motion to extend the time to file a response from July 29, 2024 to August 30, 2024, submitted to The Clerk.
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Jul 23 2024 Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including August 30, 2024.
Aug 30 2024 Brief of respondent United States in opposition filed.
Main Document Proof of Service
Sep 06 2024 Reply of petitioner Edgardo Esteras filed.
Main Document Other Proof of Service
Sep 12 2024 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/30/2024.
Oct 07 2024 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/11/2024.
Oct 15 2024 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/18/2024.
Oct 21 2024 Motion to proceed in forma pauperis and petition for a writ of certiorari GRANTED.
Nov 18 2024 Motion for an extension of time to file the briefs on the merits filed.
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Nov 22 2024 SET FOR ARGUMENT on Tuesday, February 25, 2025.
Dec 03 2024 Record requested from the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.
Dec 03 2024 Motion to extend the time to file the briefs on the merits granted. The time to file the joint appendix and petitioner's brief on the merits is extended to and including December 10, 2024. The time to file respondent's brief on the merits is extended to and including January 15, 2025.
Dec 04 2024 Record received electronically from the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit and available with the Clerk.
Dec 10 2024 Brief of petitioner Edgardo Esteras filed.
Main Document Proof of Service Certificate of Word Count
Dec 10 2024 Joint appendix filed.
Main Document Proof of Service
Dec 16 2024 Brief amici curiae of Criminal Law Scholars filed.
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Jan 13 2025 CIRCULATED
Jan 15 2025 Brief of respondent United States filed. (Distributed)
Main Document Proof of Service
Feb 05 2025 Reply of petitioner Edgardo Esteras filed. (Distributed)
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Feb 25 2025 Argued. For petitioners: Christian J. Grostic, Assistant Federal Public Defender, Cleveland, Ohio. For respondent: Masha G. Hansford, Assistant to the Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C.
Jun 20 2025 Judgment VACATED and case REMANDED. Barrett, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Roberts, C. J., and Thomas, Kagan, and Kavanaugh, JJ., joined, and in which Sotomayor and Jackson, JJ., joined as to all but Part II-B. Sotomayor, J., filed an opinion concurring in part and concurring in the judgment, in which Jackson, J., joined. Jackson, J., filed an opinion concurring in part and concurring in the judgment. Alito, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which Gorsuch, J., joined.
Jul 22 2025 Judgment Issued.
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Attorneys
Attorneys for Petitioners
Christian J. Grostic
Counsel of Record
Federal Public Defender, Northern District of Ohio
1660 West Second Street
Suite 750
Cleveland, OH 44113

christian_grostic@fd.org
Ph: (216) 522-4856
Party name: Edgardo Esteras


Kevin Michael Schad
Counsel of Record
Office of the Federal Public Defender
250 E. Fifth Street
Suite 350
Cincinnati, OH 45202

KEVIN_SCHAD@FD.ORG
Ph: 513-929-4834
Party name: Timothy Jaimez


Attorneys for Respondents
D. John Sauer
Counsel of Record
Solicitor General
United States Department of Justice
950 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20530-0001

SUPREMECTBRIEFS@USDOJ.GOV
Ph: 202-514-2217
Party name: United States


Other Attorneys
Jacob David Schuman
Counsel of Record
Attorney at Law
Temple University Beasley School of Law
1719 North Broad Street
Philadelphia, PA 19122

jacob.schuman@temple.edu
Ph: 215-204-5840
Party name: Criminal Law Scholars