Man Pleads Guilty to Doxxing Home Address of Supreme Court Justice

Nicholas John Roske pleaded guilty May 6, 2026, in federal court in the Western District of North Carolina to a single count of doxxing the home address of a United States Supreme Court justice.

The charge stems from Roske's release of a Supreme Court justice's protected home address to the public. Under the specific statute cited in the Department of Justice announcement, the offense carries a mandatory minimum sentence of one year in prison. The plea resolves the case without trial.

The scope of the violation centers on a single justice but implicates the security protocol applied to all nine Supreme Court justices. Federal law prohibits the intentional disclosure of such home addresses when done with intent to threaten or intimidate. The statute applies uniformly to addresses of justices, judges, and certain other protected officials.

The guilty plea changes the case status from pending charges to a conviction. Sentencing is now scheduled for July 2026. Prior to the plea, Roske faced the full range of penalties under the statute; the agreement fixes the count of conviction at one while leaving the final prison term to the judge within statutory bounds.

Downstream, the Justice Department must prepare a presentence investigation report before the July date. The Bureau of Prisons will receive the defendant for service of any custodial sentence imposed. The case also activates standard post-conviction monitoring requirements that remain in effect after release. No additional defendants are named in the announcement.

This marks the second publicly reported federal conviction tied to threats or doxxing against Supreme Court personnel since the 2022 leak of the Dobbs draft opinion. The Department of Justice has pursued similar cases under the same statute in multiple districts in the intervening years.