EPISODE · Jun 9, 2026 · 31 MIN
Fernandez v. United States
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The Court holds that a federal prisoner who collaterally attacks the validity of his conviction must proceed through the habeas statute, 28 U. S. C. § 2255, and cannot use a motion for compassionate release under 18 U. S. C. § 3582(c)(1)(A) as a substitute. The supposed invalidity of a conviction is not among the "extraordinary and compelling reasons" that justify compassionate release; channeling such claims into § 2255 keeps the two statutes in harmony and stops prisoners from evading § 2255's strict procedural limits. CASE: Fernandez v. United States AUTHOR: Barrett, J. DECIDED: 2026-05-28 OPINION: https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25pdf/24-556_8m58.pdf AI DISCLOSURE: The voices in this podcast are AI-generated. The narration is produced by a machine-learning voice synthesis model. Tone, inflection, pacing, and emphasis are artifacts of the model and should not be attributed to any individual. The text being read is the majority opinion as published by the Supreme Court of the United States with light adaptations to improve readability.
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The Court holds that a federal prisoner who collaterally attacks the validity of his conviction must proceed through the habeas statute, 28 U. S. C. § 2255, and cannot use a motion for compassionate release under 18 U. S. C. § 3582(c)(1)(A) as a substitute. The supposed invalidity of a conviction is not among the "extraordinary and compelling reasons" that justify compassionate release; channeling such claims into § 2255 keeps the two statutes in harmony and stops prisoners from evading § 2255's strict procedural limits. CASE: Fernandez v. United States AUTHOR: Barrett, J. DECIDED: 2026-05-28 OPINION: https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25pdf/24-556_8m58.pdf AI DISCLOSURE: The voices in this podcast are AI-generated. The narration is produced by a machine-learning voice synthesis model. Tone, inflection, pacing, and emphasis are artifacts of the model and should not be attributed to any individual. The text being read is the majority opinion as published by the Supreme Court of the United States with light adaptations to improve readability.
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