--- title: "United States v. Melvin" citation: "978 F.3d 49 (3d Cir. 2020)" authority_id: "AUTH-CA3-MELVIN-978-F3D-49" authority_type: "case" jurisdiction: "federal_third_circuit" precedential_status: "binding_in_ca3" official_url: "https://www2.ca3.uscourts.gov/opinarch/201158p.pdf" url: "https://jason93.com/legal/federal-process/authorities/AUTH-CA3-MELVIN-978-F3D-49/" legal_review: "2026-08-25" links_checked: "2026-10-15" links_available: 1 links_checked_count: 1 license: "CC BY 4.0" --- # United States v. Melvin ## Holdings used - Section 3583(e)(1) does not require an exceptional, extraordinary, new, or unforeseen circumstance before early termination may be granted. ## Material limitation Binding only in the Third Circuit and only for the bounded procedural postures in the linked claims. Official precedential opinion reviewed. Changed circumstances may remain relevant, but they are not a threshold prerequisite; the decision does not make ordinary compliance sufficient or prescribe relief on remand. A comprehensive commercial citator was not run. ## Official source and pinpoints 978 F.3d 49 (3d Cir. 2020), 978 F.3d 52–53: ## Linked claims - `CLM-CIR3-005` ## Used in - [Third Circuit Overlay](https://jason93.com/legal/federal-process/modules/95-circuit-overlays/third-circuit.md)