Rico v. United States · ¶19

Section 3583(i) also addresses extensions. It provides that a court's power to revoke supervised release “extends beyond the expiration of the term of supervised release for any period reasonably necessary for the adjudication of matters arising before its expiration if, before its expiration, a warrant or summons has been issued on the basis of an allegation of such a violation.” Here, then, the Act speaks directly to what a court may do after the expiration of a defendant's judicially ordered term of supervised release. But (again) the Act bounds a court's authority. A court may adjudicate only “matters arising before” the expiration of the defendant's term of supervised release. It may do so only if a warrant or summons issued during that term. And nothing in this provision allows a court to exceed statutory maximums. The Ninth Circuit's rule, meanwhile, blows past all those…

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