| 19-7729 |
Aaron New v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-02-21 |
Denied |
IFP |
circuit-split false-claims-act judicial-interpretation legal-standard materiality materiality-standard objective-standard subjective-standard supreme-court-precedent united-states-v-gaudin universal-health-services-v-escobar |
1. Did the Ninth Circuit 's opinion contradict this Court 's holding
in Universal Health Services, Inc. v. United States ex rel. Escobar 136
S. Ct. 19… |
| 19-7368 |
Nadia Kuzmenko v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-01-22 |
Denied |
IFP |
circuit-split escobar gaudin lindsey mail-fraud materiality objective-standard subjective-standard united-states-ex-rel-escobar-v-universal-health-se united-states-v-gaudin united-states-v-lindsey wire-fraud |
Materiality is one of the essential elements of mail and wire fraud. Neder v. United States, 527 U.S. 1, 25 (1999). A false statement is "material" if… |
| 18-952 |
Christopher Anthony Mountjoy, Jr. v. Colorado |
Colorado |
2019-01-24 |
Denied |
Amici (1) |
apprendi-precedent apprendi-v-new-jersey colorado-sentencing colorado-sentencing-system constitutional-interpretation jury-determination legal-elements sentencing-factors sixth-amendment sixth-amendment-precedent united-states-v-gaudin |
Whether the rule of United States v. Gaudin, 515 U.S. 506 (1995)—namely, that the Sixth Amendment requires juries to find not just historical facts bu… |