No. 25-837

Faraday Hosseinipour v. United States

Lower Court: Sixth Circuit
Docketed: 2026-01-15
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived
Tags: conspiracy intent-to-defraud mail-fraud pyramid-scheme securities-fraud sixth-circuit
Latest Conference: 2026-02-20
Question Presented (from Petition)

1. Whether by establishing a pyramid scheme, the Government can shortcut its burden of proving the necessary elements of conspiracy to commit mail fraud and securities fraud, including whether each defendant acted with an intent to defraud?

2. Whether the instructions and the definition of pyramid scheme are impermissibly vague and abstruse, which will permit the Government to arbitrarily bring charges and convict participants in multi-level marketing companies?

3. Whether the Sixth Circuit's opinion directly conflicts with the Court's recent decision in Glossip v. Oklahoma, 604 U.S. 226, 248 (2025), and whether the Sixth Circuit misapplied Napue in allowing the Government's knowing failure to correct false evidence to go unaddressed?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Government can establish a pyramid scheme by shortcutting its burden of proving conspiracy elements and intent to defraud, and whether jury instructions defining pyramid schemes are impermissibly vague

Docket Entries

2026-02-23
Petition DENIED.
2026-01-28
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/20/2026.
2026-01-22
Waiver of United States of right to respond submitted.
2026-01-22
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2025-12-29
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due February 17, 2026)
2025-11-26
Application (25A623) granted by Justice Kavanaugh extending the time to file until December 24, 2025.
2025-11-24
Application (25A623) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from November 25, 2025 to December 24, 2025, submitted to Justice Kavanaugh.

Attorneys

Faraday Hosseinipour
Philip Edward CecilFultz Maddox Dickens PLC, Petitioner
United States
D. John SauerSolicitor General, Respondent