Overview
- A Second Circuit judge approved an expedited briefing schedule with filings due Dec. 23, Feb. 20, and March 13, setting up potential oral arguments as early as April.
 - Combs is serving a 50-month sentence after a summer conviction on two Mann Act counts, with acquittals on racketeering and sex-trafficking-by-force charges.
 - He was transferred last week to the low-security FCI Fort Dix in New Jersey, where the Bureau of Prisons lists a projected release date of May 8, 2028, reflecting time served.
 - Reports indicate he has been assigned a laundry job at the facility and is housed in a drug-program unit, with first images from the prison yard published over the weekend.
 - Public reaction continues to build as 50 Cent mocked newly surfaced prison photos in an Instagram post highlighting Combs’ appearance at Fort Dix.