No. 25A727

Gregory W. Pheasant v. United States

Lower Court: Ninth Circuit
Docketed: 2025-12-19
Status: Application
Type: A
Experienced Counsel
Tags: criminal-conviction legal-test merits-briefing standard-of-review sufficiency-of-evidence supreme-court-review
Latest Conference: N/A
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the standard of review for a criminal conviction's sufficiency of evidence requires overturning a lower court's ruling when applying a stricter legal test

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

it was pressed and passed upon below, and it is dispositive here: Any standard stricter than the test will require overturning Mr. Pheasant’s conviction. 2. An extension is warranted to allow counsel time to coordinate and prepare a petition that will aid the Court’s review of these important issues. Mr. Pheasant has asked the Carter G. Phillips/Sidley Austin LLP Supreme Court Clinic at Northwestern Pritzker School of Law to help prepare the petition. Because the semester ended in late November, the Clinic’s students are now preparing for and taking their final exams. An extension will provide the students time to both prepare for their exams and develop a cogent and well-researched petition, and to enjoy their holiday break. An extension is also warranted because of the press of counsel’s other client business. Undersigned counsel is responsible for (i) merits briefing in Abowammo v. United States, No. 25-5146 (cert grant

Docket Entries

2025-12-19
Application (25A727) granted by Justice Kagan extending the time to file until February 28, 2026.
2025-12-17
Application (25A727) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from January 29, 2026 to February 28, 2026, submitted to Justice Kagan.

Attorneys

Gregory W. Pheasant
Tobias Samuel Loss-EatonSidley Austin LLP, Petitioner
Tobias Samuel Loss-EatonSidley Austin LLP, Petitioner
United States
D. John SauerSolicitor General, Respondent
D. John SauerSolicitor General, Respondent