| 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 |
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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 |
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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 |