Rutherford v. United States

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Rutherford v. United States | |
Docket number: 24-820 | |
Term: 2025 | |
Court: United States Supreme Court | |
Important dates | |
Argument: November 12, 2025 | |
Court membership | |
Chief Justice John Roberts • Clarence Thomas • Samuel Alito • Sonia Sotomayor • Elena Kagan • Neil Gorsuch • Brett Kavanaugh • Amy Coney Barrett • Ketanji Brown Jackson |
Rutherford v. United States is a case scheduled for argument before the Supreme Court of the United States on November 12, 2025, during the court's October 2025-2026 term.
The case came on a writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. To review the lower court's opinion, click here.
Background
Timeline
The following timeline details key events in this case:
- November 12, 2025: The U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral argument.
- June 6, 2025: The U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear the case.
- January 30, 2025: Daniel Rutherford appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court.
- November 1, 2024: The United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit affirmed the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania’s order denying Daniel Rutherford’s compassionate-release motion.
Questions presented
The petitioner presented the following questions to the court:[1]
Questions presented:
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Oral argument
Audio
Audio of the case will be posted here when it is made available.
Transcript
A transcript of the case will be posted here when it is made available.
Outcome
The case is pending adjudication before the U.S. Supreme Court.
October term 2025-2026
The Supreme Court will begin hearing cases for the term on October 6, 2025. The court's yearly term begins on the first Monday in October and lasts until the first Monday in October the following year. The court generally releases the majority of its decisions by mid-June.[3]
See also
External links
- Search Google News for this topic
- U.S. Supreme Court docket file - Rutherford v. United States (petitions, motions, briefs, opinions, and attorneys)
- SCOTUSblog case file for Rutherford v. United States
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Supreme Court of the United States, "24-820 RUTHERFORD V. UNITED STATES QP", June 6, 2025
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ SupremeCourt.gov, "The Supreme Court at Work: The Term and Caseload," accessed January 24, 2022