No. 23-6500
Jimmy Lee Smart v. United States
Tags: administrative-law agency-interpretation auer-deference circuit-conflict criminal-sentencing federal-agencies judicial-deference kisor-standard regulatory-interpretation 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.
2024-02-01
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/16/2024.
2024-01-26
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2024-01-12
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due February 16, 2024)
Attorneys
Jimmy Lee Smart
Kathryn Shephard — Federal Public Defender, Petitioner
United States
Elizabeth B. Prelogar — Solicitor General, Respondent