No. 23-6485

Keaton Lamar Shaw v. United States

Lower Court: Fifth Circuit
Docketed: 2024-01-17
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: administrative-law agency-deference agency-interpretation criminal-sentencing federal-sentencing-guidelines judicial-deference kisor-standard kisor-v-wilkie policy-interpretation sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation
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Latest Conference: 2024-02-16
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the standard for triggering judicial deference to an agency's interpretation of its own regulations, as clarified in Kisor v. Wilkie, governs the extent to which courts must defer to the Sentencing Commission's interpretations of its own guidelines and policy statements for federal criminal sentencing

Question Presented (from Petition)

Question Presented The Petitioner raises the same issue that is currently pending consideration by this Court in Andres Vargas v. United States of America, 23-5875, petition for certiorari filed October 23, 2023, to wit: Whether the standard for triggering judicial deference to an agency’s interpretation of its own regulations, as clarified in Kisor v. Wilkie, 139 S. Ct. 2400 (2019), governs the extent to which courts must defer to the Sentencing Commission’s interpretations of its own guidelines and policy statements for federal criminal sentencing. -i

Docket Entries

2024-02-20
Petition DENIED.
2024-02-01
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/16/2024.
2024-01-26
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2024-01-09
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due February 16, 2024)

Attorneys

Keaton Lamar Shaw
Christopher Albert AberleChristopher A. Aberle, Petitioner
Christopher Albert AberleChristopher A. Aberle, Petitioner
United States
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent