statistical-analysis

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
20-7973 Zavion Nunley v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-05-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review circuit-split data-availability judicial-discretion nationwide-statistics reasonableness-of-sentence sentencing-disparities sentencing-disparity sentencing-guidelines statistical-analysis unwarranted-disparities Whether statistics demonstrating that judges in the sentencing district impose sentences much more frequently than their peers in other district are r…
20-581 United States, ex rel. Integra Med Analytics, L.L.C. v. Baylor Scott & White Health, et al. Fifth Circuit 2020-11-02 Denied Response Waived 3rd-circuit 5th-circuit alternative-explanation alternative-explanations false-claims-act federal-procedure pleading-standards relator statistical-analysis Whether a relator may use statistical analyses to plausibly allege the submission of false claims under the False Claims Act
19-881 Joseph Smith, et al. v. Pamela Motley, et al. Ninth Circuit 2020-01-16 Denied Response Waived anecdotal-evidence burden-of-proof civil-rights discriminatory-policing disparate-treatment equal-protection government-treatment ninth-circuit statistical-analysis Whether plaintiffs can establish an Equal Protection Clause violation based solely on anecdotal evidence of differential treatment, without statistica…
19-886 Israel K. Negash, et al. v. United States Fourth Circuit 2020-01-16 Denied Response Waived administrative-procedure administrative-process civil-procedure discovery-rights due-process government-data judicial-review regulatory-enforcement snap-benefits standing statistical-analysis summary-judgment Should SNAP retailers accused of trafficking be permitted to conduct discovery on judicial review under 7 U.S.C. §2023 prior to summary judgment?
19-5982 Alcadio Caballero De La Torre v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-09-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing data-analysis due-process judicial-discretion reasonableness-review sentencing-commission sentencing-data sentencing-guidelines sentencing-reasonableness statistical-analysis When, if ever, Sentencing Commission statistical data may be used to evaluate the reasonableness of a defendant's sentence