identity-theft

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25-796 Princewill Arinze Duru v. United States Ninth Circuit 2026-01-07 Pending Response Waived bank-fraud criminal-statute identity-theft means-of-identification sentencing-guidelines victim-definition Title 18, United State Code, Section 1028A imposes a mandatory two-year consecutive sentence on anyone who "knowingly transfers, possesses, or uses, w…
25A636 Princewell Arinze Duru v. United States Ninth Circuit 2025-12-02 Application criminal-enhancement fraud-conspiracy identity-theft lawful-authority statutory-interpretation victim-definition Whether 18 U.S.C. § 1028A permits conviction for consensual use of one's own identifying information when the statute requires use 'without lawful aut…
25-6266 George Ugochukwu Egwumba v. United States Ninth Circuit 2025-12-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP consent criminal-law identity-theft means-of-identification possession-offense statutory-interpretation Whether the government must prove a defendant possessed a means of identification without the consent of its owner – that is, stole the identity – to …
25-6157 Eric King v. United States Sixth Circuit 2025-11-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection fifth-amendment identity-theft indictment-defects I. DUBIN MISAPPLICATION Whether Petitioner's conviction for aggravated identity theft under 18 U.S.C. § 1028A can stand where, contrary to Dubin v. Un…
25-6100 Leihinahina Sullivan v. United States Ninth Circuit 2025-11-13 Dismissed Response WaivedRelisted (3)IFP constitutional-rights identity-theft judicial-misconduct plea-withdrawal statute-of-limitations video-testimony (1) Whether Petitioner was induced to take a plea agreement when Judge T. Michael Scolnghts stated "The Court... we go through all this, tell these ot…
25-201 Mahsa Parviz v. United States Ninth Circuit 2025-08-19 Denied consent-requirement criminal-statute identity-theft mandatory-sentencing means-of-identification statutory-interpretation 18 U.S.C. § 1028A(a)(1), titled "Aggravated identity theft," imposes a mandatory consecutive two-year prison term on one who, while committing a liste…
25-160 Julian Omidi and Surgery Center Management, LLC v. United States Ninth Circuit 2025-08-11 Denied Relisted (2) appellate-review consent-element criminal-statute identity-theft jury-instruction mens-rea 1. Whether the government must prove that the defendant used a means of identification without the consent of its owner, that is, stole the identity, …
24-5557 Michael Avenatti v. United States Second Circuit 2024-09-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split criminal-liability criminal-statute identity-theft statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent Whether the 'key role' standard adopted by the Second Circuit conflicts with the Supreme Court's 'crux' nexus test for criminal liability under the ag…
24-143 Lena Lasher v. Peter Riccio, et al. New Jersey 2024-08-09 Denied anti-asian-racism appellate-review constitutional-rights due-process hate-crime identity-theft Did the Appellate Division err in dismissing a complaint alleging identity theft and anti-Asian racism as a potential hate crime, thereby potentially …
24-5030 Lani Lucas Limane, aka Lukasz Chad Limane v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-07-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP aggravated-identity-theft criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-error identity-theft indictment indictment-variance plain-error plea-bargaining plea-colloquy predicate-offense rule-11 Was it plain error for a district court to convict petitioner on his plea of guilty to a crime never charged in the governing indictment?
23-6895 Bradley Lane Croft v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-03-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-law fraud identity-theft qualifications statutory-interpretation united-states-v-dubin Whether aggravated identity theft convictions must be reversed when the real 'crux' of the fraud turns, not on any person's name, but on their qualifi…
23-5848 In Re Naser A. Abdallah 2023-10-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment abuse-of-discretion administrative-law appellate-review civil-rights district-court due-process equal-protection fifth-circuit identity-theft standing writ-of-prohibition Whether the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals erred in its interpretation and application of the Fourteenth Amendment's Due Process Clause
22-7175 Marvin Eduardo Luna Gomez v. Internal Revenue Service Fourth Circuit 2023-04-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-claim data-breach due-process federal-statute identity-theft iRS-liability standing tax-refund Whether the district court erred in dismissing the plaintiff's complaint for failure to state a claim
22-6172 Terry L. Benson v. United States Sixth Circuit 2022-11-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP aggravated-identity-theft civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process frcp identity-theft jury-of-peers personal-jurisdiction rule-60b writ-of-mandamus Whether the lower courts erred in affirming the conviction for aggravated identity theft, in violation of the petitioner's civil-rights, due-process, …
22-5460 Bradley Lane Croft v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-08-29 GVR Relisted (2)IFP aggravated-identity-theft circuit-split criminal-procedure discretionary-review federal-question identity-theft money-laundering sufficiency-of-evidence wire-fraud Whether an accused commits aggravated-identity-theft by merely uttering-someone's-name
22-5305 Aileen Kogera Njoroge v. United States Eighth Circuit 2022-08-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-conviction criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing due-process fraud identity-theft legal-appeal probation restitution sentencing sufficiency-of-evidence trial-court-discretion Whether the district court erred in denying Kogera's motion for judgment of acquittal on the basis of insufficient evidence to support the jury's verd…
22-10 David Fox Dubin v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-07-05 Judgment Issued Amici (4)Relisted (4) circuit-split criminal-law due-process identity-theft lawful-authority means-of-identification mens-rea predicate-offense statutory-interpretation Whether a person commits aggravated identity theft by merely mentioning or reciting someone else's name while committing a predicate offense
21-7377 Rosee Torres, et vir v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., et al. Seventh Circuit 2022-03-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights civil-rights-act constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection federal-jurisdiction identity-theft judicial-recusal mortgage-fraud rico-act standing takings Whether Torres are entitled to protections of Amendments 5, 6, 7, 13, and 14 to the Constitution
21-7301 Bogdan Nicolescu v. United States Sixth Circuit 2022-03-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP access-devices congressional-intent criminal-enhancement criminal-sentencing guideline-commentary identity-theft sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation unauthorized-access-device wireless-telephone-protection-act Whether Application Note 2 bars the 2-level enhancement for trafficking of unauthorized access devices in Aggravated Identity Theft cases
21-6461 Andreea Dumitru, aka Andreea Dumitru Parcalaboiu v. United States Second Circuit 2021-11-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-1028a aggravated-identity-theft asylum asylum-application circuit-split criminal-sentencing felony-violation identity-theft lawful-authority lenity statutory-interpretation statutory-purpose Whether a defendant commits 'aggravated identity theft' under 18 U.S.C. § 1028A(a)(1) when she 'uses' a client's identifying information in submitting…
20-8468 Deborah Petty v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-07-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP aggravated-identity-theft criminal-procedure criminal-venue district-court due-process identity-theft interstate-crime jurisdiction venue Was venue proper in the Northern District of Texas when the crimes were actually committed in Nevada and Florida?
20-7359 Karen Gagarin v. United States Ninth Circuit 2021-03-08 Denied IFP circuit-split consent criminal-law criminal-sentencing felony-violation identity-theft means-of-identification statutory-interpretation supreme-court Does 'another person' in the aggravated identity theft statute include someone who consented to the felonious use of her identifying information?
20-5944 In Re Gerald M. Calmese 2020-10-07 Denied IFP constitutional-rights conviction criminal-procedure due-process effective-counsel evidence fourteenth-amendment habeas-corpus identity-theft jurisdiction sixth-amendment Whether the evidence presented failed to establish the required element of 'another person,' for which the plaintiff was convicted of taking their ide…
20-5635 Daniel Thomason Smith v. Warden, FCI Beaumont Fifth Circuit 2020-09-09 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP allocution brady-violation conflict-of-interest due-process exculpatory-evidence false-witness identity-theft judicial-misconduct medicare-fraud mens-rea savings-clause Question not identified
20-5057 Ledinson Chavez v. United States Sixth Circuit 2020-07-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP advance-knowledge aggravated-identity-theft aiding-and-abetting criminal-law identity-theft jury-instruction knowledge-requirement rosemond-v-united-states sixth-circuit supreme-court-mandate Did the trial court's jury instruction on aiding and abetting aggravated identity theft comply with this Court's mandate in Rosemond v. United States?
19-8364 Adam C. Vance v. United States Sixth Circuit 2020-04-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP access-device-fraud aggravated-identity-theft criminal-procedure identity-theft internet-transactions interstate-commerce reasonable-doubt sufficiency-of-evidence united-states-v-alexander united-states-v-vance Was Vance Entitled To Acquittal for Online Internet-based Aggravated Identity Theft
19-7897 Brent Evan Webster v. CorVel Enterprise Company, Inc., et al. Oregon 2020-03-06 Denied IFP arrest-process civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights contract-law due-process fraud human-trafficking identity-theft legal-abuse legal-coercion remedy standing Can this man Reverse-Fraudulently Incurred Jail-Bond-Contracts
19-7757 Babatunde Popoola v. United States Fourth Circuit 2020-02-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP bank-fraud consent criminal-law criminal-procedure financial-crimes identity-theft money-laundering predicate-crime statutory-interpretation Whether a person who with the consent of a bank account holder provides identifying information to a third party to deposit funds into the account whe…
19-5975 Juan Jose Tull-Abreu v. United States First Circuit 2019-09-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP aggravated-identity-theft compulsory-process confrontation-clause conspiracy controlled-substances controlled-substances-act criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process fourteenth-amendment health-care-fraud identity-theft sixth-amendment Whether the petitioner participated in a conspiracy to commit health care fraud
19-5757 Fulvio Flete-Garcia v. United States First Circuit 2019-08-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP aggravated-identity-theft conspiracy conversion-of-government-property evidentiary-hearing government-as-victim government-property identity-theft loss-calculation sentencing-enhancement sentencing-guidelines sentencing-guidelines-enhancement tax-fraud tax-fraud-conspiracy victim-enhancement Whether the court may apply a two-level enhancement for crimes involving ten or more victims when the victim is the Government
18-8986 David E. Kelly v. Joseph M. Arpaio, et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-04-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment business-identity-theft civil-rights constitutional-rights copyright-infringement due-process equal-treatment identity-theft law-enforcement property-rights Are law enforcement officers allowed to violate the constitutional rights of US citizens?
18-7720 Howard Webber v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-02-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split consent consent-defense criminal-law due-process federal-criminal-procedure federal-statute identity-theft mens-rea statutory-interpretation Can consent be a defense to aggravated identity theft under 18 U.S.C. § 1028A?
18-7262 Artak Ovsepian and Kenneth Wayne Johnson v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-01-07 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 18-u.s.c.-1028a 18-usc-1028a apprendi apprendi-rule criminal-fines criminal-restitution double-counting identity-theft sentencing-guidelines u-s-code u.s.s.g.-2b1.6 Should the rule of Apprendi apply to the imposition of criminal restitution?
18-682 Manuel Enrique Santana v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2018-11-26 Denied aggravated-identity-theft appellate-conflict circuit-split criminal-law due-process federal-jurisdiction federal-statute federalism identity-theft means-of-identification name statutory-interpretation Whether the use of a name, without more, constitutes the use of a 'means of identification of another person' under 18 U.S.C. § 1028A
18-6198 Carlos Rafael Acosta-Joaquin v. United States First Circuit 2018-10-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP 42-usc-408(a)(7)(B) criminal-intent criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process false-representation federal-criminal-law identity-theft social-security-fraud social-security-number statutory-interpretation Is a defendant guilty of social-security-fraud under 42-usc-408(a)(7)(B)