No. 22-7552
Jeffrey Christopher Anders v. United States
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: career-offender controlled-substance controlled-substance-offense deference-to-agency-interpretation genuine-ambiguity guidelines-commentary inchoate-offenses judicial-deference sentencing-guidelines
Key Terms:
SocialSecurity Securities Immigration
SocialSecurity Securities Immigration
Latest Conference:
2023-06-08
Question Presented (from Petition)
1. Whether courts may defer to guidelines commentary without first determining that the underlying Guideline is genuinely ambiguous.
2. Whether the Sentencing Commission can use commentary to add inchoate offenses drug offenses to the career offender guideline
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether courts may defer to guidelines commentary without first determining that the underlying Guideline is genuinely ambiguous
Docket Entries
2023-06-12
Petition DENIED.
2023-05-24
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/8/2023.
2023-05-18
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2023-05-12
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due June 14, 2023)
Attorneys
Jeffrey Anders
Paul H. Rosenberg — Suite 921, Petitioner
United States
Elizabeth B. Prelogar — Respondent