auer-deference
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| Case | Title | Lower Court | Docketed | Status | Flags | Tags | Question Presented |
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| 25-6038 | Daniel Stewart v. United States | Seventh Circuit | 2025-11-05 | Pending | IFP | administrative-law auer-deference circuit-split judicial-interpretation sentencing-guidelines statutory-construction | In Stinson v. United States , 508 U.S. 36 (1993), this Court held that commentary by the United States Sentencing Commission interpreting or explainin… |
| 24-6233 | Dearick Smith v. United States | Second Circuit | 2025-01-03 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | auer-deference circuit-split judicial-review kisor-standard sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation | 1. Whether this Court's holding in Kisor v. Wilkie, 588 U.S. 558 (2019) applies to the United States Sentencing Guidelines; and 2. If so, whether a s… |
| 24-536 | M&T Farms v. Federal Crop Insurance Corporation, et al. | Ninth Circuit | 2024-11-13 | Denied | Response Waived | administrative-law agency-interpretation auer-deference farming-activity statutory-interpretation whole-farm-revenue-protection | Auer deference allows courts to defer to an agency's interpretation of ambiguous regulations, but only after exhausting traditional interpretive tools… |
| 23-6526 | Larry Coates v. United States | Tenth Circuit | 2024-01-22 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | administrative-law agency-deference agency-interpretation auer-deference judicial-review kisor-v-wilkie sentencing-guidelines statutory-construction statutory-interpretation | Whether the Sentencing Commission, when interpreting the Guidelines, should receive a more deferential version of Auer deference than all other federa… |
| 23-6500 | Jimmy Lee Smart v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2024-01-17 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | administrative-law agency-interpretation auer-deference circuit-conflict criminal-sentencing federal-agencies judicial-deference kisor-standard regulatory-interpretation sentencing-guidelines | Whether the standard for triggering judicial deference to an agency's interpretation of its own regulations, as clarified in Kisor v. Wilkie, 139 S. C… |
| 23A510 | Larry Coates v. United States | Tenth Circuit | 2023-12-05 | Presumed Complete | auer-deference circuit-split kisor-deference sentencing-guidelines sentencing-uniformity stinson-precedent | Question not identified. | |
| 23-551 | GMS Mine Repair v. Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, et al. | District of Columbia | 2023-11-22 | Denied | administrative-law auer-deference chevron-deference chevron-doctrine circuit-court-conflict civil-procedure judicial-review regulatory-interpretation statutory-interpretation | In Kisor v. Wilkie, 139 S. Ct. 2400 (2019) ("Kisor"), this Court sought to limit Auer deference and provided specific guidance for courts to interpret… | |
| 23-5875 | Andres Vargas v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2023-10-25 | Denied | IFP | agency-interpretation auer-deference circuit-split federal-criminal-sentencing judicial-deference kisor-standard kisor-v-wilkie regulatory-ambiguity sentencing-commission sentencing-guidelines | Whether the standard for triggering judicial deference to an agency's interpretation of its own regulations, as clarified in Kisor v. Wilkie, 139 S. C… |
| 23-298 | Riverdale Mills Corporation v. Julie A. Su, Acting Secretary of Labor | District of Columbia | 2023-09-25 | Denied | Response Waived | administrative-law auer-deference due-process federal-rules-of-evidence occupational-safety-and-health-administration osha-citation substantial-evidence | 1. Whether the United States Court of Appeals correctly applied the substantial evidence standard as articulated by this Court's prior precedent. 2. … |
| 22-644 | Anthony Lomax v. United States | Seventh Circuit | 2023-01-11 | Denied | Amici (1)Response Waived | auer-deference career-offender career-offender-enhancement circuit-split crime-of-violence judicial-interpretation kisor-v-wilkie seminole-rock sentencing-guidelines | In Stinson v. United States, 508 U.S. 36 (1993), this Court held that commentary by the United States Sentencing Commission interpreting or explaining… |
| 22-6264 | Randall Eddie Mellon v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2022-12-09 | Denied | IFP | administrative-law agency-deference auer-deference circuit-split judicial-review relevant-conduct seminole-rock-deference sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation | In Stinson v. United States, 508 U.S. 36 (1998), this Court held that Seminole Rock deference, now Auer deference, applies to interpretive or explanat… |
| 22-262 | Berkley V. Walker v. BOKF, National Association, dba Bank of Albuquerque, N.A. | Tenth Circuit | 2022-09-20 | Denied | Response Waived | 12-cfr-7.4001 administrative-law agency-deference agency-interpretation auer-deference judicial-review national-bank-act overdraft-fees regulatory-interpretation statutory-interpretation | When an account holder at Respondent BOKF, N.A. ("the Bank") overdraws their account and the Bank covers the shortfall by extending its own money, the… |
| 22-163 | Lenair Moses v. United States | Fourth Circuit | 2022-08-23 | Denied | Amici (3)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) | administrative-law agency-deference auer-deference criminal-law judicial-interpretation kisor-v-wilkie precedential-interpretation sentencing-guidelines statutory-construction statutory-interpretation | In Stinson v. United States, 508 U.S. 36 (1993), this Court held that Seminole Rock deference, now generally known as Auer deference, applies to inter… |
| 22-90 | NGL Supply Wholesale, L.L.C. v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, et al. | District of Columbia | 2022-07-29 | Denied | Amici (1) | administrative-law agency-deference auer-deference chevron-deference federal-energy-regulatory-commission judicial-review precedent-analysis regulatory-interpretation statutory-interpretation | Did the D.C. Circuit err in deferring to FERC's "interpretation of its own precedent" in the absence of a reasoned explanation for departing from the … |
| 21-7429 | Damon Ramon Martinez v. United States | Tenth Circuit | 2022-03-22 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | administrative-law auer-deference constitutional-law crime-of-violence judicial-interpretation seminole-rock seminole-rock-deference sentencing-guidelines | Does the Sentencing Commission's commentary impermissibly expand the unambiguous definition of "crime of violence" in U.S.S.G. § 4B1.2 to include atte… |
| 21-5186 | Mihran Melkonyan v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2021-07-22 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | administrative-law auer-deference circuit-split deference federal-courts judicial-interpretation regulatory-interpretation sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation | 1.) Whether, as the Courts of Appeals for the Third' and Sixth² Circuits have held, in conflict with the decision below³ and decisions of the Fifth* a… |
| 21-5173 | Vernon Montrell Webster v. United States | Eighth Circuit | 2021-07-22 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | application-note attempt-offense auer-deference circuit-split controlled-substance-offense kisor-v-wilkie sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation | 1. Whether this Court should resolve a Circuit Split and decide if a District Court's use of Application note 1 to U. S.S.G. § 4B1.2 is an improper ex… |
| 20-1691 | Paul E. Robinson v. Denis R. McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs | Federal Circuit | 2021-06-07 | Denied | Response Waived | administrative-law auer-deference constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection judicial-review veterans-benefits | 1) Did the court of appeals violate constitutional rights of "Due process " and "Equal protection " when it deferred to the BVA and failed to review a… |
| 20-1292 | Parts Galore L.L.C., et al. v. Jacqueline Harrison | Sixth Circuit | 2021-03-17 | Denied | Response Waived | administrative-law agency-deference agency-interpretation americans-with-disabilities-act auer-deference chevron-deference federal-courts judicial-review regulatory-guidance statutory-interpretation | Congress in 2008 amended the employment provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act, expanding some key sections and admonishing courts to const… |
| 20-6745 | Demetrius Elishakim Jefferson v. United States | Eighth Circuit | 2020-12-31 | Denied | Relisted (2)IFP | 18-usc-3742 404b-evidence attempt-offenses auer-deference circuit-split controlled-substance-offense criminal-procedure expert-testimony sentencing-guidelines | 1. Whether this Court should resolve a Split among the Circuit s and find a District Court's use of Application note 1 to U.S.S.G. § 4B1.2, which purp… |
| 20-563 | Harris County, Texas v. PRSI Trading, LLC | Texas | 2020-10-29 | Denied | Response Waived | administrative-agency auer-deference customs-and-border-patrol customs-border-patrol foreign-trade-zones issue-preclusion property-tax regulatory-interpretation tax-exemption | Whether the Texas Supreme Court erred in failing to follow the findings of CBP in its Headquarters Ruling Letters in holding that the foreign trade su… |
| 19-295 | Barbara Fawcett v. Citizens Bank, N.A. | First Circuit | 2019-09-04 | Denied | Response Waived | administrative-law agency-guidance agency-interpretation auer-deference fair-and-considered-judgment judicial-review kisor-v-wilkie regulatory-construction regulatory-interpretation skidmore-deference statutory-construction | Whether, in light of this Court's decisions in Auer v. Robbins, 519 U.S. 452 (1997), and Kisor v. Wilkie, 139 S. Ct. 2400 (2019), the court of appeals… |
| 19-134 | Blanca Telephone Company v. Federal Communications Commission, et al. | Tenth Circuit | 2019-07-29 | Denied | Response Waived | administrative-law agency-deference agency-interpretation agency-reconsideration auer-deference chevron-deference civil-procedure due-process exhaustion jurisdiction jurisdictional-review statutory-interpretation takings universal-service-fund | 1. Whether Chevron and Auer required the appellate court to accord absolute deference to the Government's conflicting jurisdictional statements, made … |
| 19-68 | Unity HealthCare v. Alex M. Azar, II, Secretary of Health and Human Services | Eighth Circuit | 2019-07-12 | Denied | administrative-law agency-deference agency-interpretation auer-deference civil-procedure judicial-review kisor-v-wilkie medicare medicare-regulations statutory-interpretation volume-decrease-adjustment | This case presents the following question: whether federal courts must defer to an agency's reasonable interpretation of its own regulations (commonly… | |
| 18A1260 | Unity HealthCare v. Alex M. Azar II, Secretary of Health and Human Services | Eighth Circuit | 2019-06-04 | Presumed Complete | administrative-law agency-interpretation auer-deference judicial-review medicare-regulations volume-decrease-adjustment | Whether federal courts must defer to an agency's reasonable interpretation of that agency's own regulations (commonly referred to as "Auer deference")… | |
| 18-8265 | Bradford D Vol Allen v. United States | Fourth Circuit | 2019-03-04 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 21-usc-843b administrative-law auer-deference categorical-approach circuit-split controlled-substance controlled-substance-offense notice-and-comment sentencing-commission sentencing-guidelines separation-of-powers statutory-interpretation | Whether the Sentencing Commission, without Congressional approval or a notice-and-comment period, may add a crime to the Sentencing Guideline definiti… |