United States of America v. Clyde Apperson

Topeka, Kansas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant seeking compassionate relief under 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(1)(A)(i).



The relief requested in themotion was "[a] reduction of sentence to time served, with imposition of the original

conditions of supervised release.” Aplt. App. Vol. 1 at 96; see Aplt. Br. at 46 (using

the same language to describe the relief sought); Aplt. Reply Br. at 14 (same).



On December 12, 2024, President Joseph R. Biden Jr. commuted a number of

federal sentences, including Mr. Apperson's sentence, with the following language:



I HEREBY COMMUTE the total sentence of confinement that each of

the following named persons is now serving, to expire on December 22,

2024, leaving intact and in effect for each named person the term of

supervised release imposed by the court with all of its conditions and all

other components of each respective sentence. Nothing in this grant of

clemency should be presumed to interfere with, or supersede, the Bureau

of Prisons' authority to oversee each person's confinement, pursuant to

the terms set forth in this grant of clemency. Each person shall remain

subject to all ordinary disciplinary rules.



Pres. Joseph R. Biden Jr., Executive Grant of Clemency (Dec. 12, 2024).

Because Mr. Apperson has been granted all the relief he requested, his appeal is now moot.



Accordingly, we DISMISS this appeal as moot and REMAND with directions for

the district court to dismiss this case without prejudice.

Entered for the Court