public-corruption

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
25A414 Larry Householder v. United States Sixth Circuit 2025-10-10 Presumed Complete federal-prosecution hobbs-act official-misconduct public-corruption quid-pro-quo sixth-circuit Whether a federal public corruption conviction under the Hobbs Act requires proof of an explicit quid pro quo exchange or can be sustained based on ci…
23-7754 Alejandro Carrasco v. United States First Circuit 2024-06-18 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP bribery circuit-split federal-bribery government-agent official-act public-corruption quid-pro-quo statutory-interpretation Does an external consultant qualify as a government agent under 18-usc-666
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
22-6848 Maurice Daniels v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2023-02-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights commerce-interference criminal-obstruction due-process federal-law federal-revised-code free-speech hobbs-act public-corruption standing threats-of-violence vagueness Whether the Hobbs Act's prohibition on interference with commerce by threats or violence is unconstitutionally vague as applied to the facts of this c…
22-5800 Collin Kaiser v. Sue Krecko, et al. Second Circuit 2022-10-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP bribery civil-rights discrimination discriminatory-housing ex-parte-communication judicial-misconduct medical-malpractice-insurance obstruction-of-justice public-corruption Whether there was public corruption, judicial misconduct, and bribery within the Eastern District of New York Central Islip Federal Courthouse and the…
21-1158 Joseph Percoco v. United States, et al. Second Circuit 2022-02-22 Judgment Issued Amici (4)Relisted (2) civil-rights criminal-law due-process fiduciary-duty government-decisionmaking honest-services-fraud political-influence public-corruption Does a private citizen who holds no elected office or government employment, but has informal political or other influence over governmental decisionm…