criminal-extortion

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
23-6753 Michael Avenatti v. United States Second Circuit 2024-02-14 Denied Relisted (2)IFP 18-usc-1343 18-usc-1346 civil-litigation criminal-extortion federal-criminal-law honest-services-fraud legal-ethics settlement-negotiations statutory-vagueness void-for-vagueness Petitioner, an attorney representing a plaintiff with potential contract and tort claims, was convicted of honest services fraud, in violation of 18 U…