penal-provision

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
25-5410 Kyle Syphax v. United States Eighth Circuit 2025-08-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split judicial-ambiguity penal-provision plain-text rule-of-lenity statutory-interpretation When Circuits split over a penal provision's meaning, with each side believing that its competing, rational interpretation is compelled by the provisi…