lenity
5 cases — ← All topics
| Case | Title | Lower Court | Docketed | Status | Flags | Tags | Question Presented |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22-6318 | Eduardo Ocegueda-Ruiz v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2022-12-16 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | circuit-split criminal-law criminal-procedure drug-trafficking due-process firearm-possession lenity sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation | Does a person possess a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, within the meaning of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(1)(A), when the person receives a… |
| 21-7406 | Marek Kozubal v. Massachusetts | Massachusetts | 2022-03-17 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | criminal-law criminal-sentencing due-process fair-notice lenity lenity-rule mandated-reporter statutory-interpretation vagueness vagueness-doctrine | Whether the Massachusetts courts' construction of the 'mandated reporter' statute violates due process by failing to provide fair notice and being unc… |
| 21-6461 | Andreea Dumitru, aka Andreea Dumitru Parcalaboiu v. United States | Second Circuit | 2021-11-30 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 18-usc-1028a aggravated-identity-theft asylum asylum-application circuit-split criminal-sentencing felony-violation identity-theft lawful-authority lenity statutory-interpretation statutory-purpose | Whether a defendant commits 'aggravated identity theft' under 18 U.S.C. § 1028A(a)(1) when she 'uses' a client's identifying information in submitting… |
| 20-1594 | Murray Rojas v. United States | Third Circuit | 2021-05-18 | GVR | Amici (1) | criminal-statute drug-dispensing drug-regulation fdca federal-criminal-law federal-state-balance federalism lenity medical-practitioner statutory-interpretation young-v-united-states | Whether the FDCA's felony prohibitions on 'dispensing' drugs reach the administering of drugs by practitioners, which has been left to state and local… |
| 19-7141 | Fernando Oliveros v. Illinois | Illinois | 2020-01-03 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | civil-rights constitutional-guarantee criminal-interpretation criminal-procedure due-process ex-post-facto free-speech legislative-intent lenity standing statutory-ambiguity statutory-construction | When the legislature has not spoken in language that is clear and definite and has affixed the punishment for an offense, can a state court limit the … |