lawful-authority

Case	Title	Lower Court	Docketed	Status	Flags	Tags	Question Presented
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…
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
21-6461	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…