No. 24-6848

Derek Steven Trumbull v. United States

Lower Court: Ninth Circuit
Docketed: 2025-03-25
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: agency-deference judicial-interpretation regulatory-ambiguity rule-of-lenity separation-of-powers statutory-construction
Key Terms:
AdministrativeLaw JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference: 2025-04-17
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Do the separation of powers and the canons of statutory construction, most fundamentally the rule of lenity, permit the judiciary to defer to an agency's interpretation of the agency's ambiguous regulation?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

Do the separation of powers and the canons of statutory construction, most fundamentally the rule of lenity, permit the judiciary to defer to an agency’s interpretation of the agency’s ambiguous regulation?

Docket Entries

2025-04-21
Petition DENIED.
2025-04-02
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/17/2025.
2025-03-31
Waiver of United States of right to respond submitted.
2025-03-31
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2025-03-21
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due April 24, 2025)

Attorneys

Derek Steven Trumbull
John Palmer RhodesFederal Defenders of Montana, Petitioner
John Palmer RhodesFederal Defenders of Montana, Petitioner
United States
D. John SauerSolicitor General, Respondent
D. John SauerSolicitor General, Respondent
Sarah M. HarrisActing Solicitor General, Respondent