Overview
- Combs’ lawyers filed a motion seeking an expedited schedule with oral argument in April 2026, saying he will appeal both the conviction and the sentence.
- The proposed timetable sets his opening brief for December 23, 2025, the government’s response for February 20, 2026, and a reply for March 13, 2026.
- Defense counsel says prosecutors have agreed to the accelerated schedule, though the Second Circuit has not yet approved it.
- The appeal will argue prosecutors misapplied the Mann Act, while the July jury verdict convicted Combs on two interstate prostitution counts and acquitted him of sex-trafficking and racketeering; he received a 50-month sentence in October.
- Combs has served about 14 months, remains at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn, and is listed by the Bureau of Prisons with a projected May 8, 2028 release that could shift with credits and programs.