Overview
- U.S. Circuit Judge Beth Robinson granted an expedited schedule with Combs’ opening brief due Dec. 23, 2025, the government’s by Feb. 20, 2026, a reply by March 13, 2026, and potential oral arguments in April 2026.
- Prosecutors did not oppose the fast-track request, which Combs’ lawyers said is needed because he has already served roughly 14 months of his 50‑month sentence.
- TMZ and other outlets report prison sources claiming Combs is telling inmates President Donald Trump will pardon him in early 2026, while the White House previously said there is “zero truth” to such reports.
- Combs was moved Oct. 30 to low‑security FCI Fort Dix in New Jersey after more than a year at Brooklyn’s MDC, where he is now photographed interacting with other inmates.
- He was convicted of two Mann Act counts and sentenced to 50 months plus a $500,000 fine and five years of supervised release, acquitted on racketeering and sex‑trafficking charges, and could see reductions through time served, good‑time credits or rehabilitation programs.