No. 25A1067

Robert J. Jesenik v. United States

Lower Court: Ninth Circuit
Docketed: 2026-03-27
Status: Application
Type: A
Tags: criminal-fraud-prosecutions false-statements investor-reliance materiality-element overcriminalization wire-fraud-statute
Latest Conference: N/A
Question Presented (from Petition)

Question not identified.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the materiality element of the federal wire fraud statute permits a defendant to present evidence of an investor's lack of reliance on allegedly false statements to disprove materiality, or whether the government may unilaterally use evidence of reliance to prove materiality while defendants are precluded from using evidence of non-reliance to disprove it

Docket Entries

2026-03-27
Application (25A1067) granted by Justice Kagan extending the time to file until May 28, 2026.
2026-03-18
Application (25A1067) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from March 29, 2026 to May 28, 2026, submitted to Justice Kagan.

Attorneys

Robert J. Jesenik
Jessica Greenlick SnyderSugerman Dahab, Petitioner
United States
D. John SauerSolicitor General, Respondent