civil-criminal-interpretation
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| Case | Title | Lower Court | Docketed | Status | Flags | Tags | Question Presented |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21-6054 | Benjamin Koziol v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2021-10-22 | Denied | Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP | circuit-split civil-criminal-interpretation criminal-liability extortion hobbs-act legal-precedent leocal-v-ashcroft ninth-circuit statutory-interpretation | A. The Ninth Circuit has placed itself in conflict with several other circuits by criminalizing any baseless threat to sue as Hobbs Act extortion. Thi… |