| 24-1302 |
MSP Recovery Claims, Series LLC, a Delaware Series Limited Liability Company, et al. v. Lundbeck LLC, a Delaware Corporation, et al. |
Fourth Circuit |
2025-06-26 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
civil-rico drug-manufacturer foreseeability prescribing-decisions proximate-cause rico-statute |
Whether physicians' prescribing decisions constitute an intervening cause in a civil RICO action against a drug manufacturer for overpayment of drugs,… |
| 24-1172 |
Robert Sylvester Kelly v. United States |
Second Circuit |
2025-05-15 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
criminal-conspiracy enterprise-definition federal-criminal-law racketeering rico-statute statutory-interpretation |
Whether members of an 'enterprise' under 18 U.S.C. § 1962(c) must share a common illegal or fraudulent purpose |
| 24-288 |
Jonathan Zuhovitzky, et ux. v. UBS AG Che 101.329.562, et al. |
Second Circuit |
2024-09-12 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
circuit-court judicial-interpretation legal-causation proximate-cause rico-statute statutory-construction |
Whether the Second Circuit's interpretation of 'proximate cause' under RICO is unreasonably narrow and fails to honor the statute's breadth |
| 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 |
| 23-7100 |
Robert Merritt v. United States |
Third Circuit |
2024-04-01 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
Apprendi apprendi-rule constitutional-review criminal-law due-process life-sentence plain-error RICO rico-statute sentencing |
Whether Merritt's life sentence under RICO statutes violated Apprendi, and is plain-error reverse warranted |
| 23-6872 |
Dawn Wentworth v. Mission Vista High School & Personnel, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2024-02-29 |
Denied |
IFP |
brown-vs-board civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process education educational-discrimination fraud governmental-obstruction grade-fraud rico rico-statute systemic-racism |
Whether the inclusive evidence of documentation presented upon three (3) separate and distinct occasions arriving from three (3) separate and distinct… |
| 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 |
| 22-1223 |
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 |
| 22-7748 |
Mike Webb v. James Christian Kimmel, et al. |
Fourth Circuit |
2023-06-09 |
Denied |
IFP |
abuse-of-discretion civil-procedure default-judgment discretionary-power evidence-exclusion federal-rules-of-civil-procedure federal-rules-of-evidence judicial-review motion-to-dismiss rico rico-statute |
Whether it is an abuse of discretion to exclude relevant evidence in a RICO case |
| 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 |
| 22-6836 |
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) |
| 22-5754 |
Jamal Laurent v. United States |
Second Circuit |
2022-10-04 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-924c crime-of-violence criminal-conviction district-court insufficient-evidence joint-trial joint-trials missing-witness missing-witness-instruction rico-act rico-statute unavailable-witness warrantless-seizure witness-statement |
Whether RICO is a crime of violence under 18 U.S.C. §924(c) |
| 22-145 |
Aidong Chen v. KPMG LLP, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2022-08-16 |
Denied |
|
civil-rights corporate-influence due-process institutional-discrimination judicial-accountability judicial-independence judicial-misconduct rico rico-statute supreme-court-review |
How to deal with compromised judges in lower courts |
| 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? |
| 21-5766 |
Dionte Dortch v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2021-09-23 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
5th-amendment criminal-procedure deportation due-process firearm immigration-consequences ineffective-assistance plea-bargaining rico-statute simple-possession |
Whether the Due Process Clause and the 5th Amendment protects the accused from a plea of guilty to material facts of simple possession of cocaine and … |
| 20-8295 |
Jose Antonio Martinez v. United States |
Second Circuit |
2021-06-14 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-924(c) 18-usc-924c crime-of-violence criminal-law federal-criminal-law rico rico-statute sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation |
Whether substantive RICO is a 'crime of violence' under 18 U.S.C. §924(c) |
| 20-6918 |
Richard Moseley, Sr. v. United States |
Second Circuit |
2021-01-26 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
conflict-of-law confrontation-clause criminal-law due-process fair-warning overfederalization-of-criminal-law rico rico-statute testimonial-statements unlawful-debt |
Whether a defendant is provided fair warning under due process when a federal statute is applied to create a federal crime of conduct otherwise lawful… |
| 20-6439 |
Sidney Patterson v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2020-11-25 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-activity due-process legislative-intent racketeering rico rico-statute sufficiency-of-evidence unsophisticated-crime vague-statute |
Does the application of a vaguely written racketeering statute to prosecute unsophisticated criminal activity not contemplated by the legislative inte… |
| 20-6424 |
Deloyd Jones v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2020-11-24 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
circuit-conflict common-purpose criminal-enterprise drug-distribution fifth-circuit legal-interpretation rico rico-statute shared-profits statutory-construction statutory-interpretation |
Is concerted criminal activity by individuals within a group sufficient to establish an 'enterprise' under RICO even if there is no evidence of shared… |
| 20-6346 |
Demarcus D. Morris v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2020-11-17 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
controlled-substances criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing double-jeopardy drug-conspiracy due-process fifth-amendment indictment-vagueness rico rico-statute sentencing |
Whether the RICO and drug conspiracy counts in the indictment are unconstitutionally vague, whether the evidence supports the crack cocaine distributi… |
| 20-337 |
Rosemary Ann Lynn v. Andrew George Brown, III, et al. |
Tenth Circuit |
2020-09-14 |
Denied |
Relisted (2) |
civil-procedure diversity-jurisdiction due-process personal-jurisdiction rico-statute service-of-process subject-matter-jurisdiction venue |
Whether Appellees' refusal to serve Petitioner with summons and petition after passage of two years' and seven months divest the district court of per… |
| 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… |
| 19-8415 |
Arthur Stanley v. United States |
Second Circuit |
2020-05-07 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-procedure due-process evidence-relevance federal-rules-of-evidence gang-related-crime relevant-evidence rico-statute rule-401 standing statutory-interpretation |
Where the Government introduced a cache of weapons found four years before the alleged crime, simply because gang graffiti was found nearby, should ce… |
| 19-1087 |
Charles M. Hallinan v. United States |
Third Circuit |
2020-03-05 |
Denied |
Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
civil-procedure criminal-intent fifth-circuit mens-rea rico rico-act-1962-c rico-statute scienter second-circuit second-fifth-eleventh-circuits third-circuit unlawful-debt wire-fraud |
Whether a person violates 18 U.S.C. § 1962(c) by simply knowing an enterprise is collecting a debt that is separately determined to be unlawful |
| 19-6630 |
Dannez W. Hunter v. Keith Rupert Murdoch, et al. |
Eighth Circuit |
2019-11-14 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
1866-civil-rights-act 42-usc-1981 civil-rights commerce commerce-interference copyright-infringement debt-collection interstate-commerce judicial-misconduct rico rico-statute title-42-usc-1981 ucc-lien |
Whether to establish 1866 Civil Rights Act, Title 42 U.S.C. § 1981 (a) against high-ranking government officials and officers of the court |
| 19-570 |
Greg Steven Elofson v. Stephanie Bivens, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-10-31 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
circuit-split clayton-act judicial-economy nationwide-service nationwide-service-of-process process rico rico-statute rico-venue-process standard-oil standard-oil-co venue venue-process |
Does the RICO venue and process statute, 18 U.S.C. § 1965, provide for nationwide service of process? |
| 19-505 |
William Rupert v. Susan Bond, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-10-18 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
antitrust circuit-split civil-procedure civil-rights due-process frcp-12b6 judicial-expediency noerr-pennington personal-jurisdiction rico rico-statute sham-litigation standing |
Should the circuit splits over the use of FRCP-12(b)(6)-motions,to-rule-upon-a-disputed-issue-of-fact-(the-sham-litigation-or-fraud-exception-to-claim… |
| 18-8741 |
Francisco Frank Apodaca, Jr. v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-04-09 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
association-in-fact corporation enterprise enterprise-definition guilty-plea individuals ineffective-assistance legal-entity rico rico-statute sentencing-error statutory-interpretation union |
Can a corporation or other legal entity be associated in fact with a union or one or more individuals under the 'enterprise' definition of the RICO st… |
| 18-8474 |
John Henneberry v. County of Alameda, California, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-03-20 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
4th-amendment 5th-amendment bench-warrant civil-procedure civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process fourth-amendment mail-fraud qualified-immunity rico-statute service-of-process |
When can a court allow faulty and fabricated service-by-mail of a criminal summons instead of personal service-by-sworn-officer? |