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Bryce Tyrone Verhonich v. United States
In brief
- Where it stands
- Dismissed
Petition denied.
- What it’s about
- Bryce Tyrone Verhonich asks the Supreme Court to review the Ninth Circuit’s reading of a boating-safety regulation.
- Who it affects
- Verhonich will not receive Supreme Court review in this case, and the Court made no ruling on whether the regulation covers the conduct described in his petition.
Summary: written with AI from the case record.
What it's about
His petition says that reading extends the rule to failing to wear a life jacket or use an engine cut-off lanyard, and argues that this goes beyond the regulation’s proper reach.
The dispute centers on subsection 3.8(b)(8) of a boating-safety regulation.
Question presented
Whether the Ninth Circuit’s interpretation of § 3.8(b)(8) violates basic principles of statutory interpretation as set forth in this Court’s decisions to unjustifiably expand the regulation’s reach.
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