No. 22-7552

Jeffrey Christopher Anders v. United States

Lower Court: Eighth Circuit
Docketed: 2023-05-15
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
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
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. RosenbergSuite 921, Petitioner
United States
Elizabeth B. Prelogar — Respondent