No. 21-1592

Shapour Motamedi, Shayan Motamedi, and Heriberto Moises Lopez v. United States

Lower Court: Ninth Circuit
Docketed: 2022-06-27
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived
Tags: administrative-law article-i constitutional-interpretation criminal-law criminal-rulemaking delegation-of-authority delegation-of-power due-process health-and-human-services legislative-authority rulemaking-authority separation-of-powers
Key Terms:
Environmental SocialSecurity
Latest Conference: 2022-09-28
Question Presented (from Petition)

1. Whether Congress, in crafting 42 U.S.C. § 1230a7b(b) and related provisions, violated Article I, § 1
of the United States Constitution by improperly
vesting the Department of Health and Human
Services with virtually unlimited discretion to
determine which activities would be criminalized
and which would not.

2. Whether this Court should adopt—at least for legislation pursuant to which Congress delegates to
an Executive agency the power to determine the
scope of the criminal law—a more robust test to
determine whether Congress's delegation of rulemaking authority violates the separations-ofpowers principles embodied in Article I, § 1 of
the United States Constitution.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether Congress violated Article I, § 1 by improperly vesting the Department of Health and Human Services with discretion to determine criminalized activities

Docket Entries

2022-10-03
Petition DENIED.
2022-07-06
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/28/2022.
2022-06-29
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2022-06-23
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due July 27, 2022)
2022-05-11
Application (21A708) granted by Justice Kagan extending the time to file until June 23, 2022.
2022-05-09
Application (21A708) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from May 24, 2022 to June 23, 2022, submitted to Justice Kagan.

Attorneys

Shapour Motamedi, et al.
Raphael M. GoldmanArguedas, Cassman, Headley & Goldman LLP, Petitioner
United States
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent