--- title: "United States v. Williams" citation: "93 F.4th 389 (7th Cir. 2024)" authority_id: "AUTH-CA7-WILLIAMS-93-F4TH-389" authority_type: "case" jurisdiction: "federal_seventh_circuit" precedential_status: "binding_in_ca7" official_url: "https://media.ca7.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/OpinionsWeb/processWebInputExternal.pl?Path=Y2024%2FD02-20%2FC%3A23-2313%3AJ%3AWood%3Aaut%3AT%3AfnOp%3AN%3A3170766%3AS%3A0&Submit=Display" url: "https://jason93.com/legal/federal-process/authorities/AUTH-CA7-WILLIAMS-93-F4TH-389/" 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. Williams ## Holdings used - Explanation adequacy is context dependent; a materially changed record and new nonfrivolous arguments cannot be answered by effectively repeating an earlier order without showing consideration. ## Material limitation Binding only in the Seventh Circuit and only for the bounded procedural postures in the linked claims. Official published opinion reviewed. The opinion prescribes no fixed explanation length and does not require a sentence reduction. A comprehensive commercial citator was not run. ## Official source and pinpoints 93 F.4th 389 (7th Cir. 2024), 93 F.4th 391–94: ## Linked claims - `CLM-CIR7-002` ## Used in - [Seventh Circuit Overlay](https://jason93.com/legal/federal-process/modules/95-circuit-overlays/seventh-circuit.md)