No. 21-6418

Emmanuel Ashemuke v. United States

Lower Court: Fifth Circuit
Docketed: 2021-11-24
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP Experienced Counsel
Tags: administrative-law circuit-split due-process federal-courts federal-sentencing-guidelines judicial-deference legal-interpretation plain-meaning plain-meaning-rule sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation
Key Terms:
SocialSecurity Immigration
Latest Conference: 2022-01-07
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether federal courts should defer to the Commentary of the Federal Sentencing Guidelines when it expands the definition of a term used in the text of the Guidelines beyond the term's plain meaning?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED Whether federal courts should defer to the Commentary of the Federal Sentencing Guidelines when it expands the definition of a term used in the text of the Guidelines beyond the term’s plain meaning? Subsidiary question — whether this Court should grant certiorari in an appropriate case to resolve the question presented, hold the instant petition, then grant certiorari, vacate the judgment below, and remand for further proceedings? i

Docket Entries

2022-01-10
Petition DENIED.
2021-12-16
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/7/2022.
2021-12-14
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2021-11-22
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due December 27, 2021)

Attorneys

Emmanuel Ashemuke
Kevin Joel Page — Petitioner
Kevin Joel Page — Petitioner
United States
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent