No. 25-675
Lawrence Rudolph v. United States
Response Waived
Tags: constitutional-interpretation federal-prosecution forum-shopping prosecutorial-discretion tenth-circuit venue-statute
Latest Conference:
2026-01-09
Question Presented (from Petition)
Whether the Tenth Circuit erred in interpreting a federal venue statute enacted by the First Congress to mean the government can prosecute a federal crime committed abroad in any district it chooses, even while conceding that the statute's plain text, like the Constitution's Venue and Vicinage Clauses, bars prosecutorial forum-shopping.
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether the Tenth Circuit erred in interpreting a federal venue statute to allow prosecution of a federal crime committed abroad in any district chosen by the government, despite the statute's plain text barring prosecutorial forum-shopping
Docket Entries
2026-01-12
Petition DENIED.
2025-12-23
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/9/2026.
2025-12-15
Waiver of United States of right to respond submitted.
2025-12-15
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2025-12-08
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due January 9, 2026)
Attorneys
Lawrence Rudolph
Ricardo J. Bascuas — University of Miami School of Law, Petitioner
United States
D. John Sauer — Solicitor General, Respondent