predicate-acts

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
24-18 D&T Partners, L.L.C., Successor in Interest to ACET Venture Partners, Directly and Derivatively on Behalf of ACET Global, L.L.C., et al. v. Baymark Partners Management, L.L.C., et al. Fifth Circuit 2024-07-09 Denied h-j-inc-v-nw-bell-tel-co pattern-of-racketeering pattern-requirement predicate-acts racketeering-activity related-acts rico-statute single-scheme substantial-period substantial-period-of-time civil-rico-act
23-5997 James Baxton v. United States Fourth Circuit 2023-11-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-enterprise ineffective-assistance-of-counsel interdependence jury-instructions predicate-acts racketeering-conspiracy Whether the district court and Fourth Circuit erred in applying the harmless error review under Brecht v. Abrahamson
22-1223 Gwendolyn D. Gabriel, et al. v. Merry Outlaw, et al. Fifth Circuit 2023-06-20 Denied Response Waived civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process obstruction-of-justice predicate-acts public-corruption qualified-immunity racketeering rico-statute witness-tampering Whether RICO statute provides attorneys qualified immunity from RICO lawsuits when evidence shows they committed predicate acts/crimes
22-1159 Troy Newman v. Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc., et al. Ninth Circuit 2023-06-01 Denied civil-rico false-identification interstate-commerce pattern-of-racketeering pattern-of-racketeering-activity predicate-acts proximate-cause rico-statute undercover-investigation Whether Respondents failed to establish a pattern of RICO predicate acts
22-5913 John Berman v. Kristin Draper District of Columbia 2022-10-26 Denied Relisted (2)IFP circuit-court-interpretation continuity extortion fund-freezing hj-standard judicial-review legal-standard ongoing-entity predicate-acts regular-way-of-doing-business rico rico-continuity Does the DC Circuit's statement on RICO continuity directly contradict the HJ standard?
22-5838 Yasser Ashburn v. United States Second Circuit 2022-10-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-conflict criminal-enterprise firearm-possession gang-related-purpose jury-instruction predicate-acts racketeering rico rico-act Whether requisite proof to establish a RICO offense or RICO conspiracy requires a 'gang related purpose' or 'gaining entrance to, or maintaining or in…
21-6452 Donnell Murray v. United States Second Circuit 2021-12-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP aiding-and-abetting conviction count-one criminal-procedure davis insufficient-evidence jury-instruction predicate-acts racketeering trial-errors Whether Murray's conviction on Count One should be reversed due to insufficient evidence
20-7903 Jerry W. Green, Jr. v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2021-04-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP conspiracy-objective criminal-conviction criminal-procedure due-process evidence-sufficiency jury-finding jury-findings predicate-acts RICO-conspiracy Whether sufficient evidence exists to sustain a RICO conspiracy conviction when the Government charges specific predicate acts in the indictment, the …
20-5240 Cynthia Gilmore v. United States Fourth Circuit 2020-07-31 Denied Response WaivedIFP ambiguity ambiguous-verdict conspiracy criminal-procedure jury-instructions jury-verdict predicate-acts reasonable-doubt sentencing Whether the sentencing court is required to use the reasonable doubt standard to determine the predicate acts where the jury's verdict was purposefull…
20-33 Grace International Assembly of God v. Gennaro Festa, et al. Second Circuit 2020-07-16 Denied civil-procedure civil-rights due-process pattern-continuity predicate-acts racketeering-activity RICO rico-statute standing victim-definition wire-fraud Whether only the entity sustaining the greatest direct injury may be considered a victim for the purposes of determining if there is closed-or-open-en…
19-7566 Javed Asefi v. United States Ninth Circuit 2020-02-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights commerce-clause criminal-procedure due-process federal-jurisdiction interstate-commerce predicate-acts racketeering rico rico-prosecution substantial-effect Whether federal jurisdiction exists in a prosecution under 18 U.S.C. § 1962(d) where neither the activities of the alleged enterprise nor the individu…
19-6820 Rafael Leoner-Aguirre v. United States First Circuit 2019-12-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-court civil-procedure criminal-law criminal-procedure federal-jurisdiction first-circuit jury-instructions predicate-acts racketeering rico rico-conspiracy salinas-v-united-states statutory-interpretation statutory-provisions supreme-court united-states-code Whether the jury must find the specific predicate acts committed under the RICO conspiracy statute