Supreme Court takes up another case over the First Step Act brought by inmate
The Supreme Court will hear a case regarding the First Step Act, focusing on how inmates can challenge time credits earned for good behavior. This case, Maxwell v. Thomas, will address whether such challenges can be made through federal court. The decision is expected to be made between October 2026 and April 2027.
- ▪The Supreme Court added the case Maxwell v. Thomas to its upcoming term.
- ▪The case will examine how inmates can challenge time credits earned under the First Step Act.
- ▪William Maxwell, an inmate serving a 20-year sentence, initially filed the petition pro se.
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The Supreme Court added a case to its next term on Monday that addresses how the First Step Act applies to inmates seeking quicker transfers from prison to lower-security confinement, such as a halfway house, marking the latest instance of the justices reviewing the scope of the 2018 criminal justice reform law. The high court said it will hear the case Maxwell v. Thomas in its upcoming term. That case focuses on how applicants seeking to challenge the time credits they’ve earned through good behavior via provisions in the law may do so in federal court.
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