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Jack Birle

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The high court began its November sitting on Monday with oral arguments in Maxwell v. Dinis over whether William Maxwell, who is serving a sentence in a low-security prison in Texas for his role in organized crime and taking over a mortgage-loan company, can file a habeas corpus challenge to be transferred to a halfway house or home confinement under the First Step Act.

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2026-11-03 · Washington Examiner

Supreme Court grapples with prisoner pushing for earlier transfer to halfway house under First Step Act · assertive framing

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The Supreme Court waded into a prisoner’s challenge on Monday to his imprisonment under the First Step Act as he seeks a transfer to lower-security confinement, such as a halfway house, in the latest high court case over the 2018 criminal justice reform law. asserted

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A habeas corpus petition is a way for someone to challenge the legality of their imprisonment, while the First Step Act, signed into law in 2018, allows inmates to earn time credits for recidivism-reduction programming or productive activities, which can be used to secure early release from secure custody into halfway houses or home confinement. asserted

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