No. 23-6486

Schuyler Algernon Smith v. United States

Lower Court: Fifth Circuit
Docketed: 2024-01-17
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: administrative-law agency-deference agency-interpretation criminal-sentencing federal-courts judicial-deference kisor-standard kisor-v-wilkie sentencing-commission sentencing-guidelines supreme-court-precedent
Key Terms:
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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, 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.
2024-02-01
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/16/2024.
2024-01-26
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2024-01-09
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due February 16, 2024)

Attorneys

Schyler Algernon Smith
Christopher Albert AberleChristopher A. Aberle, Petitioner
United States
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent