On the opening day of the Supreme Court’s 2015-2016 Term, it issued this brief per curiam decision which addressed the issue of whether an appellate court violates the core principles of the Supreme Court’s seminal ineffective assistance of counsel decision, Strickland v. Washington, 466 U. S. 668 (1984), when it ...

One evening in August, 2012, Sergio Rodriguez, his girlfriend, and their kids were fooling around with a laser pointer in the courtyard of their apartment complex — trying to see just how far it could go — and they shined it at overflying helicopters. The first one was a medical ...

This case examines the propriety of a novel special condition of supervised release, imposed on a defendant convicted of a gun crime, which stated that the defendant "shall not participate in any unprotected sex activities without approval of the Probation Office during the term of supervision."

In this case, after ...

U.S. v. Mathis-Gardner, 783 F.3d 1286 (D.C. Cir. April 21, 2015) (Judge William Wilkins, Jr.)
U.S. v. Mathis-Gardner, Crim. No. 11-100 (RJL) (D.D.C. June 22, 2015) (District Judge Richard Leon)

Collectively, these two cases (herein “Mathis Gardner I” and “Mathis-Gardner II”) help to explain why motions seeking a reduction in ...

In Zevallos v. Obama, 10 F.Supp.3d 111 (D.D.C. Jan. 17, 2014) (P&J, Dec. 8, 2014) (“Zevallos I”), we reported on a decision by District Judge Rudolph Contreras of the D.D.C. in which he summarily rejected a broad series of constitutional challenges to the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act (21 U.S.C. ...

U.S. v. Mathis-Gardner, 783 F.3d 1286 (D.C. Cir. April 21, 2015) (Judge William Wilkins, Jr.)
U.S. v. Mathis-Gardner, 110 F.Supp.3d 92 (D.D.C. June 22, 2015) (District Judge Richard Leon)

Collectively, these two cases (herein “Mathis Gardner I” and “Mathis-Gardner II”) help to explain why motions seeking a reduction in a ...