| 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 |
| 23-7144 |
Dricko Dashon Huskey v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2024-04-04 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-conspiracy criminal-enterprise due-process jury-finding jury-findings racketeering racketeering-activity rico-act rico-conspiracy sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation |
Whether a district court can sentence a defendant to life imprisonment for a RICO conspiracy conviction when the jury found the defendant did not agre… |
| 23-6702 |
Nardino Colotti, et al. v. United States |
Second Circuit |
2024-02-08 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
categorical-approach circuit-split crime-of-violence criminal-law divisibility modified-categorical-approach racketeering-activity rico rico-statute state-law-offenses |
Whether RICO incorporates state-law elements or only generic offense categories |
| 22-6836 |
Robert Speed v. United States |
Second Circuit |
2023-02-22 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-924(c) categorical-approach circuit-split crime-of-violence divisible-statute modified-categorical-approach racketeering-activity rico-statute statutory-interpretation |
Whether RICO is a 'crime of violence' under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(A) |
| 22-5260 |
David Perez v. United States |
Seventh Circuit |
2022-08-03 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
attempted-murder federal-sentencing racketeering-activity rico rico-sentencing sentencing state-law state-law-maximum statutory-interpretation statutory-maximum |
Whether a sentencing court is bound by the state statutory maximum exposure for RICO violations based on state racketeering activities |
| 21-6239 |
Robert A. Espinoza v. M. Segal, Warden |
Seventh Circuit |
2021-11-10 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
924(c)(3)(a) conspiracy-definition crime-of-violence elements-clause gambling-activity gambling-offense racketeering-activity rico rico-statute unlawful-debt |
Is § 1962(c)'s 'Unlawful Debt' an alternative crime or a means of fulfilling the element of racketeering activity? |
| 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… |
| 19-1125 |
Steven Menzies v. Seyfarth Shaw LLP, et al. |
Seventh Circuit |
2020-03-13 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
civil-procedure civil-rights continuity continuity-analysis due-process flexible-approach mail-fraud pleading-requirements racketeering racketeering-activity rico-pattern rico-pattern-of-racketeering tax-shelter wire-fraud |
Whether the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit failed to apply this Court's mandated flexible approach to RICO's pattern of racket… |
| 18-7726 |
Carlton Williams v. United States |
Third Circuit |
2019-02-01 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
career-offender categorical-approach criminal-law federal-criminal-law pattern-of-racketeering predicate-crime racketeering racketeering-activity rico rico-conviction sentencing sentencing-guidelines |
Is a sentencing court limited to applying a categorical approach when determining whether a conviction for violating the Federal Racketeer Influence a… |
| 18-6948 |
William Gavidia v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2018-12-06 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-rights common-heritage crimes-of-violence criminal-indictment criminal-procedure due-process enterprise indictment pattern-of-activity pattern-of-racketeering racketeering racketeering-activity |
Whether those of common heritage constitute an enterprise that should be indicted and tried together and any crimes of violence they commit constitute… |
| 18-429 |
Joseph J. Germinaro, et al. v. Fidelity National Title Insurance Company, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2018-10-03 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
circuit-split civil-plaintiffs civil-procedure continuity continuity-requirement organized-crime ponzi-scheme racketeering racketeering-activity rico rico-act |
Is there a bright-line rule that the pattern of racketeering activity must extend beyond twelve months to satisfy continuity' under RICO? |
| 18-11 |
Kan-Di-Ki, LLC, dba Diagnostic Laboratories v. John Leslie Sorensen, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2018-07-02 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
closed-ended-continuity continuity criminal-enterprise h.j-inc-v-northwestern-bell mail-fraud open-ended-continuity organized-crime-control-act pattern-of-racketeering racketeering racketeering-activity rico rico-act wire-fraud |
Whether the Ninth Circuit erred in applying a rigid, minimum time requirement for continuity instead of the flexible, multi-factor analysis employed b… |