No. 21-7078
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: circuit-split civil-rights drug-trafficking due-process interstate-commerce judicial-fact-finding racketeering rico-act taylor-v-united-states
Key Terms:
SocialSecurity Securities Immigration
SocialSecurity Securities Immigration
Latest Conference:
2022-03-04
Question Presented (from Petition)
Can the government obtain a conviction under RICO without proving that the targeted enterprise's activities actually affected interstate commerce, so long as enterprise members engaged in a class of activity that has been recognized to substantially affect interstate commerce in the aggregate?
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether the government can obtain a RICO conviction without proving the targeted enterprise's activities affected interstate commerce, if members engaged in a class of activity recognized to substantially affect interstate commerce in the aggregate
Docket Entries
2022-03-07
Petition DENIED.
2022-02-17
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/4/2022.
2022-02-14
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2022-02-04
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due March 11, 2022)
2021-12-01
Application (21A188) granted by Justice Alito extending the time to file until February 4, 2022.
2021-11-24
Application (21A188) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from December 8, 2021 to February 4, 2022, submitted to Justice Alito.
Attorneys
Jawan Fortia
Celia Rhoads — Federal Public Defender - EDLA, Petitioner
United States
Elizabeth B. Prelogar — Solicitor General, Respondent