No. 25-6344
Ralph Kevin Tovar v. United States
Response RequestedResponse WaivedIFP
Tags: commerce-clause de-novo-review internet-crime jurisdictional-element rule-29 sufficiency-of-evidence
Latest Conference:
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Question Presented (from Petition)
I. Whether a general challenge to the sufficiency of the evidence, pursuant to Rule 29(a), preserves for de novo review the full range of sufficiency challenges, stated or unstated.
II. Whether the intrastate use the internet, in furtherance of a crime, necessarily places that crime "in commerce," thereby satisfying that jurisdictional element of numerous federal offenses.
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether a general challenge to the sufficiency of the evidence preserves for de novo review the full range of sufficiency challenges, and whether intrastate internet use in furtherance of a crime necessarily places that crime 'in commerce'
Docket Entries
2026-04-07
Brief of respondent United States in opposition filed.
2026-04-07
Brief of United States in opposition submitted.
2026-03-12
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including April 7, 2026.
2026-03-10
Motion to extend the time to file a response from March 23, 2026 to April 7, 2026, submitted to The Clerk.
2026-03-10
Motion of United States for an extension of time submitted.
2026-02-06
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including March 23, 2026.
2026-02-05
Motion to extend the time to file a response from February 20, 2026 to March 23, 2026, submitted to The Clerk.
2026-02-05
Motion of United States for an extension of time submitted.
2026-01-16
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including February 20, 2026.
2026-01-15
Motion to extend the time to file a response from January 21, 2026 to February 20, 2026, submitted to The Clerk.
2025-12-22
Response Requested. (Due January 21, 2026)
2025-12-17
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/9/2026.
2025-12-15
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2025-12-15
Waiver of United States of right to respond submitted.
2025-12-08
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due January 12, 2026)
2025-10-29
Application (25A484) granted by Justice Thomas extending the time to file until December 8, 2025.
2025-10-23
Application (25A484) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from November 6, 2025 to December 6, 2025, submitted to Justice Thomas.
Attorneys
Ralph Tovar
Sara Wilson Kane — Federal Public Defender's Office, Petitioner
United States
D. John Sauer — Solicitor General, Respondent