No. 22-84

Saad Sakkal v. United States

Lower Court: Sixth Circuit
Docketed: 2022-07-28
Status: GVR
Type: Paid
Experienced Counsel
Tags: controlled-substances-act conviction-appeal criminal-law due-process jury-instruction physician-conviction ruan-standard ruan-v-united-states scienter statutory-interpretation
Key Terms:
HabeasCorpus
Latest Conference: 2022-10-07
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether this Court should grant, vacate, and remand a judgment sustaining the conviction of a physician under 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1)

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED Whether this Court should grant, vacate, and remand a judgment sustaining the conviction of a physician under 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1) where the jury was given a scienter instruction that is flatly inconsistent with this Court’s recent decision in Ruan v. United States, 142 8. Ct. 2370 (2022). (i)

Docket Entries

2022-11-14
Judgment issued.
2022-10-11
Petition GRANTED. Judgment VACATED and case REMANDED for further consideration in light of <i>Xiulu Ruan </i> v. <i>United States</i>, 597 U. S. ___ (2022).
2022-09-14
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/7/2022.
2022-08-29
Memorandum for the United States filed.
2022-07-26
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due August 29, 2022)

Attorneys

Saad Sakkal
Lawrence Saul RobbinsKramer Levin Robbins Russell, Petitioner
Lawrence Saul RobbinsKramer Levin Robbins Russell, Petitioner
United States
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent