policy-considerations

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
23-5055 Erick De Jesus-Torres v. United States First Circuit 2023-07-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP aiding-and-abetting appellate-review downward-variance gall-v-united-states kimbrough-v-united-states meaningful-explanation policy-considerations sentencing-court sentencing-enhancement sentencing-factors sentencing-guidelines Whether a sentencing court must provide a reasonable explanation, on the record, as to why it is not considering a sentencing factor, particularly an …
21-5107 Willie C. Walker v. Georgia, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2021-07-14 Denied IFP berkovitz-test civil-rights discretionary-function-exception due-process federal-tort-claims-act government-liability judicial-review policy-considerations statutory-interpretation Exceptions pursuant to which the government is not subject to suit, even if a private employer could be liable under the same circumstances. These exc…
20-1424 ACE American Insurance Company, et al. v. MSP Recovery Claims, Series LLC Eleventh Circuit 2021-04-13 Denied Amici (1)Response Waived conditional-payment double-damages eleventh-circuit federal-election-commission lexmark-international liability-allocation medicare-reimbursement medicare-secondary-payer policy-considerations statutory-interpretation statutory-standing When Medicare has made a conditional payment for healthcare services on behalf of a Medicare beneficiary, 42 U.S.C. § 1395y(b)(3)(A) provides a cause …