No. 25-201
Tags: consent-requirement criminal-statute identity-theft mandatory-sentencing means-of-identification statutory-interpretation
Key Terms:
SocialSecurity Privacy
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
Reply of Mahsa Parviz submitted.
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 Banner — UCLA School of Law Supreme Court Clinic, Petitioner
Stuart Banner — UCLA School of Law Supreme Court Clinic, Petitioner
United States
D. John Sauer — Solicitor General, Respondent
D. John Sauer — Solicitor General, Respondent