No. 18-8672

Jack Holden v. United States

Lower Court: Ninth Circuit
Docketed: 2019-04-02
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: criminal-forfeiture criminal-liability due-process mail-fraud scheme-to-defraud separation-of-powers When Congress prescribed the mechanisms available wire-fraud
Key Terms:
DueProcess
Latest Conference: 2019-04-26
Question Presented (AI Summary)

When Congress defined the offenses of mail and wire fraud narrowly to punish only those who devise or intend to devise a scheme to defraud, do courts violate separation-of-powers, due-process, criminal-liability, jury-instructions

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED 1. When Congress defined the offenses of mail and wire fraud narrowly to punish only those who devise or intend to devise a scheme to defraud, do courts violate separation of powers and due process by expanding the scope of criminal liability through jury instructions that also allow conviction of one who “participates in” a scheme to defraud? 2. When Congress prescribed the mechanisms available for criminal forfeiture of property, do courts violate separation of powers and due process by authorizing forfeiture by money judgment in a criminal case, when that mechanism exists by statute for some offenses but not for the offense of conviction, and when use of a money judgment serves as an end run around Congress’s careful limits on seizure of substitute property?

Docket Entries

2019-04-29
Petition DENIED.
2019-04-11
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/26/2019.
2019-04-05
Waiver of right of respondent United States of America to respond filed.
2019-03-28
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due May 2, 2019)
2018-12-18
Application (18A631) granted by Justice Kagan extending the time to file until March 28, 2019.
2018-12-11
Application (18A631) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from January 28, 2019 to March 28, 2019, submitted to Justice Kagan.

Attorneys

Jack Holden
Lisa HayFederal Public Defender's Office, Petitioner
Lisa HayFederal Public Defender's Office, Petitioner
United States of America
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent