| 23-7449 |
Jacob VanDyke v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2024-05-10 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
administrative-law Auer-v-Robbins Chevron chevron-deference child-pornography commentary deference guideline-commentary judicial-review sentencing-guidelines |
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… |
| 21-6403 |
Garland Guillory v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2021-11-24 |
Denied |
IFP |
application-note commentary controlled-substance-offense district-court-discretion fifth-circuit inchoate-offenses kisor-v-wilkie sentencing-guidelines u.s.-sentencing-commission |
Whether a district court may rely on commentary in the U.S. Sentencing Commission's Guidelines Manual to determine a defendant's Guidelines range for … |
| 21-6121 |
Luis Enrique Lario-Rios v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2021-10-28 |
Denied |
IFP |
commentary crimes-of-violence criminal-enhancement guideline-commentary prior-convictions sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation ussg-4b1.2 |
Whether the Sentencing Commission can use commentary to expand an unambiguous Guideline that applies to enhancements for prior convictions for crimes … |
| 20-5937 |
Rosa Enedia Pazos Cingari v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2020-10-07 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
administrative-law authority commentary federal-sentencing guideline-commentary inconsistency judicial-interpretation legal-authority sentencing-guidelines statutory-construction statutory-interpretation |
Whether United States Sentencing Guideline Commentary which adds to a sentencing guideline is necessarily inconsistent with the guideline such that th… |
| 19-8038 |
Jermaine James v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2020-03-18 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
attempt circuit-split commentary conspiracy controlled-substance controlled-substance-offense criminal-law inchoate-offense inchoate-offenses sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation |
Whether the United States Sentencing Commission has properly defined a 'controlled substance offense' under U.S.S.G. § 4B1.2(b) |
| 19-6828 |
Reginald Jerry Shaw v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2019-12-03 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-review application-notes certificate-of-appealability commentary district-court-discretion ineffective-assistance legal-interpretation sentencing-guidelines strickland-standard strickland-v-washington |
Are the commentary and application notes in the Sentencing Guideline manual authoritative or left to the District Court's discretion? |
| 19-6149 |
Desmond Williams v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2019-10-03 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
aiding-and-abetting civil-procedure civil-rights commentary conspiracy controlled-substance criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection federal-jurisdiction legal-analysis legal-citation legal-issues legal-research legal-terminology legal-writing sentencing-commission standing |
Whether the lower court erred in dismissing petitioner's claims |
| 18-7783 |
Todd Eugene Cannady v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-02-06 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
california-penal-code california-penal-code-211 categorical-approach commentary crime-of-violence johnson johnson-ruling residual-clause sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation u.s.s.g.-4b1.2 |
Can California robbery under California Penal Code § 211 be a crime of violence under U.S.S.G. § 4B1.2, where Johnson invalidated the residual clause … |