--- title: "United States v. Mathis-Gardner" citation: "783 F.3d 1286 (D.C. Cir. 2015)" authority_id: "AUTH-CADC-MATHIS-GARDNER-783-F3D-1286" authority_type: "case" jurisdiction: "federal_dc_circuit" precedential_status: "binding_in_cadc" official_url: "https://media.cadc.uscourts.gov/opinions/docs/2015/04/14-3031-1548331.pdf" url: "https://jason93.com/legal/federal-process/authorities/AUTH-CADC-MATHIS-GARDNER-783-F3D-1286/" 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. Mathis-Gardner ## Holdings used - A court must consider the specified factors before granting or denying early termination, but no standalone denial explanation is required when the court's reasoning is discernible from the record. ## Material limitation Binding only in the D.C. Circuit and only for the bounded procedural postures in the linked claims. Official published opinion reviewed. The decision creates no merits entitlement or fixed explanation length; an unexplained order is sustainable only when the record makes the reasoning discernible. A comprehensive commercial citator was not run. ## Official source and pinpoints 783 F.3d 1286 (D.C. Cir. 2015), 783 F.3d 1287–90: ## Linked claims - `CLM-CIRDC-004` ## Used in - [D.C. Circuit Overlay](https://jason93.com/legal/federal-process/modules/95-circuit-overlays/dc-circuit.md)