| 22-7436 |
Chad Robert Kolkman v. United States |
Tenth Circuit |
2023-05-02 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
circuit-split criminal-history criminal-sentencing legal-interpretation mandatory-minimum sentencing statutory-construction statutory-interpretation statutory-text |
When the terms of a statute are unambiguous, "it's no contest" what a court should do—apply the law as written. Bostock v. Clayton County, 140 S. Ct. … |
| 22-772 |
Ultra Petroleum Corporation, et al. v. Ad Hoc Committee of OpCo Unsecured Creditors, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-02-16 |
Denied |
Relisted (2) |
bankruptcy-code creditor-recovery judicial-exception lower-court-confusion post-petition-interest solvent-debtor-exception statutory-interpretation statutory-text unmatured-interest |
Whether an unwritten "solvent-debtor exception" overrides the Bankruptcy Code's statutory text and allows creditors in solvent-debtor cases to recover… |
| 21-7158 |
Alfonso Lopez-Rodriguez v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2022-02-18 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
categorical-approach circuit-split criminal-law divisibility elements-means elements-versus-means federal-sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation statutory-text |
I. What role does the text of a statute play in the divisibility analysis under the categorical approach?
II. Is the Texas statute prohibiting the of… |
| 21-169 |
James Gatto, et al. v. United States |
Second Circuit |
2021-08-05 |
Denied |
Amici (1) |
18-usc-1843 criminal-law federal-statute incidental-harms jury-instructions property-rights statutory-interpretation statutory-text united-states-v-kelly wire-fraud |
1. Whether 18 U.S.C. § 1343—the federal wire fraud statute—requires the Government to prove, consistent with section 1343's statutory text, that the "… |
| 20-1763 |
Fenyang Stewart v. Wilbur L. Ross, Secretary of Commerce, et al. |
Fourth Circuit |
2021-06-22 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
administrative-law burden-shifting but-for-analysis disability-discrimination disability-related-interference merit-systems-protection-board rehabilitation-act retaliation retaliation-claims statutory-interpretation statutory-text |
Should disability-related interference claims brought pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 12203(b) be analyzed as retaliation claims susceptible to a burden-shift… |
| 18-6757 |
Ronald Ray Norman v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2018-11-21 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
armed-career-criminal-act categorical-approach criminal-law descamps-v-united-states divisibility divisibility-analysis federal-sentencing means-versus-elements sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation statutory-text violent-felony |
I. What role does the text of a statute play in the divisibility analysis under the categorical approach of the Armed Career Criminal Act?
II. Is the… |