No. 25-201

Mahsa Parviz v. United States

Lower Court: Ninth Circuit
Docketed: 2025-08-19
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Experienced Counsel
Tags: consent-requirement criminal-statute identity-theft mandatory-sentencing means-of-identification statutory-interpretation
Key Terms:
SocialSecurity Privacy
Latest Conference: 2026-01-09
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the government must prove that a defendant used another person's means of identification without their consent to sustain a conviction for aggravated identity theft under 18 U.S.C. § 1028A(a)(1)

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

18 U.S.C. § 1028A(a)(1) , titled “Aggravated identity theft,” imposes a mandatory consecutive twoyear prison term on one who, while committing a listed felony, “ uses, without lawful authority, a means of identification of another person .” The question presented is whether, to sustain a conviction for aggravated identity theft , the government must prove that the defendant used the other person’s means of identification without their consent.

Docket Entries

2026-01-12
Petition DENIED.
2025-12-03
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/9/2026.
2025-12-01
2025-12-01
Reply of petitioner Mahsa Parviz filed. (Distributed)
2025-11-19
Brief of United States in opposition submitted.
2025-11-19
Brief of respondent United States in opposition filed.
2025-10-08
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including November 19, 2025.
2025-10-06
Motion of United States for an extension of time submitted.
2025-10-06
Motion to extend the time to file a response from October 20, 2025 to November 19, 2025, submitted to The Clerk.
2025-09-12
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted in part and the time is extended to and including October 20, 2025.
2025-09-11
Motion of United States for an extension of time submitted.
2025-09-11
Motion to extend the time to file a response from September 18, 2025 to October 25, 2025, submitted to The Clerk.
2025-08-15
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due September 18, 2025)

Attorneys

Mahsa Parviz
Stuart BannerUCLA School of Law Supreme Court Clinic, Petitioner
Stuart BannerUCLA School of Law Supreme Court Clinic, Petitioner
United States
D. John SauerSolicitor General, Respondent
D. John SauerSolicitor General, Respondent