No. 21-7609

Desmond Deleon Carviel v. United States

Lower Court: Fifth Circuit
Docketed: 2022-04-13
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: administrative-law career-offender-guideline district-court-discretion guideline-commentary inchoate-offenses judicial-deference kisor-v-wilkie sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation
Key Terms:
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Latest Conference: 2022-06-02
Question Presented (AI Summary)

May a district court defer to the Sentencing Guideline commentary without first determining if the guideline is genuinely ambiguous

Question Presented (from Petition)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED (1) May a district court defer to the Sentencing Guideline commentary without first determining if the guideline is genuinely ambiguous. Kisor v. Wilkie, 139 $.Ct. 2400, 2415 (2109) (2) Does Application Note 1 for U.S.S.G. §4B1.2 of the Career Offender Guideline improperly include conspiracies and other inchoate offenses into the ambit of the guideline. ii

Docket Entries

2022-06-06
Petition DENIED.
2022-05-18
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/2/2022.
2022-05-12
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2022-04-09
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due May 13, 2022)

Attorneys

Desmond Carviel
Harry E. WhiteNickols & White, PLLC, Petitioner
Harry E. WhiteNickols & White, PLLC, Petitioner
United States
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent