Moses v. United States
Petition for certiorari denied on January 9, 2023
Issues: (1) Whether the limits on agency deference announced in Kisor v. Wilkie constrain the deference that courts may accord to interpretive or explanatory commentary in the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines Manual; and (2) whether deference to the Guidelines commentary is impermissible in any form.
| Date | Proceedings and Orders (key to color coding) |
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| May 06 2022 | Application (21A700) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from June 21, 2022 to August 20, 2022, submitted to The Chief Justice. |
| May 11 2022 | Application (21A700) granted by The Chief Justice extending the time to file until August 20, 2022. |
| Aug 19 2022 | Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due September 22, 2022) |
| Sep 07 2022 | Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed. |
| Sep 14 2022 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/7/2022. |
| Sep 19 2022 | Motion for leave to file amicus brief filed by Cato Institute. |
| Sep 20 2022 | Response Requested. (Due October 20, 2022) |
| Oct 13 2022 | Motion to extend the time to file a response from October 20, 2022 to November 21, 2022, submitted to The Clerk. |
| Oct 14 2022 | Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including November 21, 2022. |
| Oct 20 2022 | Brief amicus curiae of New Civil Liberties Alliance filed. |
| Nov 21 2022 | Brief of respondent United States in opposition filed. |
| Dec 07 2022 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/6/2023. |
| Dec 09 2022 | Reply of petitioner Lenair Moses filed. (Distributed) |
| Jan 09 2023 | Motion for leave to file amicus brief filed by Cato Institute GRANTED. |
| Jan 09 2023 | Petition DENIED. |
