seminole-rock-deference

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
22-6264 Randall Eddie Mellon v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2022-12-09 Denied IFP administrative-law agency-deference auer-deference circuit-split judicial-review relevant-conduct seminole-rock-deference sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation In Stinson v. United States, 508 U.S. 36 (1998), this Court held that Seminole Rock deference, now Auer deference, applies to interpretive or explanat…
21-7429 Damon Ramon Martinez v. United States Tenth Circuit 2022-03-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law auer-deference constitutional-law crime-of-violence judicial-interpretation seminole-rock seminole-rock-deference sentencing-guidelines Does the Sentencing Commission's commentary impermissibly expand the unambiguous definition of "crime of violence" in U.S.S.G. § 4B1.2 to include atte…
20-6436 Daniel Lovato v. United States Tenth Circuit 2020-11-25 Denied Amici (2)Relisted (2)IFP administrative-law commission-commentary crime-of-violence guideline-interpretation judicial-deference kisor-v-wilkie seminole-rock-deference sentencing-commission sentencing-guidelines statutory-construction statutory-interpretation 1. Whether courts may defer to Sentencing Commission commentary without first determining that the underlying Guideline is genuinely ambiguous. 2. Wh…