prosecutorial-standard
6 cases — ← All topics
| Case | Title | Lower Court | Docketed | Status | Flags | Tags | Question Presented |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25-5022 | Shemica Taylor v. Circuit Court of Illinois, Cook County, et al. | Seventh Circuit | 2025-07-02 | Denied | IFP | executive-immunity federal-statute judicial-immunity legal-standard prosecutorial-standard rule-60 | Whether an officer of the Judicial branch must be subject to a different standard to determine entitlement to immunity from prosecution |
| 22-328 | Scott Allinson v. United States | Third Circuit | 2022-10-07 | Denied | Response Waived | bribery campaign-contributions circuit-conflict corruption evans-v-united-states legal-referral mccormick-v-united-states official-action prosecutorial-standard quid-pro-quo | Whether this Court's decision in United States v. Evans modified the explicit quid pro quo standard required by United States v. McCormick, or whether… |
| 21-706 | Joel Iverson Gilbert v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2021-11-15 | Denied | bribery bribery-statute federal-bribery-laws first-amendment issue-advocacy jury-instruction jury-instructions official-action prosecutorial-standard | Whether the government must prove explicit link between issue-advocacy payments and official action in bribery prosecution | |
| 19-1324 | Center for Immigration Studies v. Richard Cohen, et al. | District of Columbia | 2020-06-01 | Denied | civil-procedure closed-pattern criminal-enterprise criminal-law open-pattern pattern-of-activity prosecutorial-standard racketeering rico rico-act standing statutory-interpretation | Does the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) require a plaintiff or prosecutor claiming an 'open pattern' of racketeering to all… | |
| 19-495 | Martin Shkreli v. United States | Second Circuit | 2019-10-16 | Denied | Response Waived | bank-fraud forfeiture-calculation good-faith good-faith-defense jury-instruction jury-instructions loss-causation mail-fraud materiality mens-rea no-ultimate-harm prosecutorial-standard securities-fraud statutory-interpretation wire-fraud | Whether a 'no ultimate harm' instruction in a securities fraud prosecution causes prejudicial jury confusion by effectively holding the accused to a h… |
| 18-8064 | Fernando Luviano v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2019-02-21 | Denied | Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP | circuit-split criminal-law criminal-statute document-falsification evidence federal-investigation obstruction-of-justice prosecutorial-standard statutory-interpretation | Whether 18 U.S.C. § 1519 requires the government to prove a 'reasonable likelihood' that the falsified reports were written in contemplation of a poss… |