No. 24A1017

Mark Joseph Uhlenbrock v. United States

Lower Court: Fifth Circuit
Docketed: 2025-04-21
Status: Presumed Complete
Type: A
Tags: cyberstalking-statute defamation first-amendment internet-postings substantial-emotional-distress true-threat
Latest Conference: N/A
Question Presented (from Petition)

Question not identified.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether 18 U.S.C. § 2261A(2)(b), the federal cyberstalking statute prohibiting courses of conduct intended to kill, injure, harass, or intimidate that cause substantial emotional distress, can be applied to public internet postings not directed at a victim and not containing true threats without violating the First Amendment

Docket Entries

2025-04-22
Application (24A1017) granted by Justice Alito extending the time to file until May 28, 2025.
2025-04-17
Application (24A1017) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from April 28, 2025 to June 27, 2025, submitted to Justice Alito.

Attorneys

Mark Joseph Uhlenbrock
Edward Francis Shaughnessy — Petitioner
United States
D. John SauerSolicitor General, Respondent