No. 18-5253
Dennis DeCiancio v. United States
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: civil-rights criminal-procedure disclosure-duty due-process duty-to-disclose evidence evidence-admissibility federal-rules-of-evidence free-speech materiality prior-convictions rule-10b-5 securities securities-fraud
Latest Conference:
2018-09-24
Question Presented (from Petition)
Whether evidence of unrelated prior convictions is admissible in securities fraud cases as direct proof of a fraud under Rule 10b-5, even though there is otherwise no pre-existing duty to disclose, solely upon a showing investors might consider omissions of those unrelated prior convictions material.
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether evidence of unrelated prior convictions is admissible in securities fraud cases as direct proof of a fraud under Rule 10b-5, even though there is otherwise no pre-existing duty to disclose, solely upon a showing investors might consider omissions of those unrelated prior convictions material
Docket Entries
2018-10-01
Petition DENIED.
2018-07-26
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/24/2018.
2018-07-23
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2018-07-13
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due August 16, 2018)
Attorneys
Dennis DeCiancio
Melissa Martin Salinas — Federal Appellate Litigation Clinic, Petitioner
United States
Noel J. Francisco — Solicitor General, Respondent