No. 23-5875
Andres Vargas v. United States
IFP
Tags: agency-interpretation auer-deference circuit-split federal-criminal-sentencing judicial-deference kisor-standard kisor-v-wilkie regulatory-ambiguity sentencing-commission sentencing-guidelines
Latest Conference:
2024-02-16
Question Presented (from Petition)
Whether the standard for triggering judicial deference to an agency's interpretation of its own regulations, as clarified in Kisor v. Wilkie, 139 S. Ct. 2400 (2019), governs the extent to which courts must defer to the Sentencing Commission's interpretations of its own guidelines and policy statements for federal criminal sentencing.
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether the standard for triggering judicial deference to an agency's interpretation of its own regulations, as clarified in Kisor v. Wilkie, 139 S. Ct. 2400 (2019), governs the extent to which courts must defer to the Sentencing Commission's interpretations of its own guidelines and policy statements for federal criminal sentencing
Docket Entries
2024-02-20
Petition DENIED.
2024-01-11
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/16/2024.
2024-01-10
Reply of petitioner Andres Vargas filed. (Distributed)
2023-12-26
Memorandum of respondent United States in opposition filed.
2023-11-15
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including December 26, 2023.
2023-11-14
Motion to extend the time to file a response from November 24, 2023 to December 26, 2023, submitted to The Clerk.
2023-10-23
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due November 24, 2023)
Attorneys
Andres Vargas
Evan Gray Howze — Office of the Federal Public Defender, Petitioner
United States
Elizabeth B. Prelogar — Solicitor General, Respondent