VISITING PROFESSOR BRENT NEWTON APPEARS AS AN AMICUS CURIAE ALONG WITH NYU VICE DEAN RACHEL BARKOW IN PENDING SUPREME COURT CASE
August 2021 — Visiting Professor Brent Newton, along with his former colleague at the U.S. Sentencing Commission, Vice Dean Rachel Barkow of NYU’s School of Law, recently filed an amicus curiae briefing urging the U.S. Supreme Court to grant certiorari concerning an important federal sentencing issue in Bryant v. United States. Their brief is available here.
The Court is expected to decide whether to grant certiorari in the fall. The case potentially affects tens of thousands of federal inmates.
In 2009, Practitioner in Residence Brent E. Newton was appointed as deputy director of the United States Sentencing Commission, a position he held until January 2019. Professor Newton also practices civil, criminal, and immigration law in Maryland and Texas. In addition, he has been a lecturer, adjunct professor, or visiting professor at several other law schools, including American and Georgetown Universities, the University of Houston Law Center, and Seoul National University in South Korea. Professor Newton has been an elected member of the American Law Institute since 2010.