No. 23-7449

Jacob VanDyke v. United States

Lower Court: Eleventh Circuit
Docketed: 2024-05-10
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: administrative-law Auer-v-Robbins Chevron chevron-deference child-pornography commentary deference guideline-commentary judicial-review sentencing-guidelines
Key Terms:
AdministrativeLaw
Latest Conference: 2024-06-06
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the 1 to 75 ratio for videos found in the commentary to U.S.S.G. § 2G2.2 is entitled to deference under Chevron, Federal-Express-Corporation-v-Holowechi, Kisor-v-Wilkie

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED If commentary to the federal sentencing guidelines does not qualify for deference under Auer v. Robbins, 519 U.S. 452 (1997), it is invalid. Section 2G2.2 of the Sentencing Guidelines enhances the guideline range for possessors of child pornography based on the number of images they possess, but the Guideline commentary equates 1 video with 75 still images. Here, Mr. VanDyke’s guideline range was enhanced as if he possessed 600 or more images even though he only possessed fewer than 100 visual depictions of child pornography. Question Presented: Whether the 1 to 75 ratio for videos found in the commentary to U.S.S.G. § 2G2.2 is entitled to deference under Chevron, U.S.A., Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc., 467 U.S. 837, 104 S. Ct. 2778, 81 L. Ed. 2d 694 (1984), Federal Express Corporation v. Holowechi, 552 U.S. 389, 128 S. Ct. 1147, 170 L. Ed. 2d 10 (2008), and Kisor v. Wilkie, 588 U.S. 558, 139 S. Ct. 2400, 204 L. Ed. 2d 841 (2019)? i INTERESTED PARTIES Pursuant to Sup. Ct. R. 14.1(b)(), Mr. VanDyke submits that there are no

Docket Entries

2024-06-10
Petition DENIED.
2024-05-22
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/6/2024.
2024-05-16
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2024-05-08
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due June 10, 2024)

Attorneys

Jacob VanDyke
M. Caroline McCraeFederal Public Defender, Petitioner
M. Caroline McCraeFederal Public Defender, Petitioner
United States
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent