Tabb v. United States
Petition for certiorari denied on June 21, 2021
Issues: (1) Whether courts may defer to Sentencing Guidelines commentary without first determining that the underlying guideline is genuinely ambiguous; and (2) whether the U.S. Sentencing Commission can use
commentary to rewrite a guideline that applies to “prohibit[ions]” on the “distribution” of drugs to apply to conspiracies and attempts to distribute drugs.
| Date | Proceedings and Orders (key to color coding) |
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| Oct 28 2020 | Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due December 2, 2020) |
| Nov 06 2020 | Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed. |
| Nov 10 2020 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/4/2020. |
| Nov 16 2020 | Response Requested. (Due December 16, 2020) |
| Dec 02 2020 | Brief amicus curiae of The Cato Institute filed. |
| Dec 08 2020 | Motion to extend the time to file a response from December 16, 2020 to January 15, 2021, submitted to The Clerk. |
| Dec 09 2020 | Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including January 15, 2021. |
| Dec 16 2020 | Brief amici curiae of National Association of Home Builders and American Farm Bureau Federation filed. |
| Dec 16 2020 | Brief amici curiae of The New Civil Liberties Alliance & the Due Process Institute filed. |
| Dec 29 2020 | Motion to extend the time to file a response from January 15, 2021 to February 15, 2021, submitted to The Clerk. |
| Dec 31 2020 | Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including February 16, 2021. See Rule 30.1. |
| Feb 16 2021 | Brief of respondent United States in opposition filed. |
| Mar 02 2021 | Reply of petitioner Zimmian Tabb filed. (Distributed) |
| Mar 03 2021 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/19/2021. |
| Mar 03 2021 | Supplemental brief of petitioner Zimmian Tabb filed. (Distributed) |
| Mar 17 2021 | Rescheduled. |
| Jun 01 2021 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/17/2021. |
| Jun 01 2021 | Second supplemental brief of petitioner Zimmian Tabb filed. (Distributed) |
| Jun 21 2021 | Petition DENIED. |
