These PDFs are the court orders and filings linked from our news posts and case summaries. They are hosted here so you can read the source without leaving the site. A PDF on this list does not mean the same result would happen in another case.
Ninth Circuit decisions (2026)
Each file matches a post in our court decision news section.
- United States v. Head (9th Cir., Oct. 29, 2026) — read the summary
- United States v. Northcutt (9th Cir., Nov. 3, 2026) — read the summary
- United States v. Winkles (9th Cir., Nov. 3, 2026) — read the summary
Archived district court orders (2020–2021)
These orders come from older case write-ups on the site. Many involve COVID-19 risk, medical conditions, or sentence-length arguments that Rutherford later limited. Use the current-law boxes on each article for today's rules.
- United States v. Nagara — order granting release (2021)
- United States v. Resto — order granting release (2021)
- W.D. Mo. (Hassenflug) — order granting release (filed Oct. 28, 2020)
- W.D. Mo. (Hassenflug) — government opposition (filed Sept. 8, 2020)
- United States v. Hodge (2021)
- United States v. Mack (2021)
- United States v. Scampitilla (2021)
- United States v. Scully (2021)
- United States v. Tinker (2021)
- United States v. Williams (2020)
- United States v. Nieves-Feliciano (2021)
- Bernie Madoff — court ruling on release motion
- Bernie Madoff — compassionate release motion
- Bernie Madoff — government response
- Bernie Madoff — letter from counsel
- Fifth Circuit published opinion (2021)
- S.D. Cal. — order granting release (2021)
- D. Conn. — order granting reduction (2021)
- S.D. Iowa — order granting release (2021)
- D. Md. — memorandum opinion (2021)
- D. Mont. — order granting release (John Paul Dewey, 2021)
- W.D.N.C. — pro se motion (Lifsey, 2021)
- W.D.N.C. — government opposition (Lifsey, 2021)
- E.D.N.Y. — order granting reduction (2021)
- N.D. Tex. — order granting release (2021)
- United States v. Lifsey (2021)
- Compassionate release order (June 2021)
For the step-by-step process, see how compassionate release works.
