| 19-7469 |
Olga Palamarchuk v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-01-29 |
Denied |
IFP |
escobar evidence evidence-admissibility lender-conduct mail-fraud materiality materiality-standard ninth-circuit ninth-circuit-interpretation recipient-behavior supreme-court-precedent |
This case raises questions concerning the standard by which materiality is to be determined in a mail fraud case. The United States Supreme Court in U… |
| 19-7368 |
Nadia Kuzmenko v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-01-22 |
Denied |
IFP |
circuit-split escobar gaudin lindsey mail-fraud materiality objective-standard subjective-standard united-states-ex-rel-escobar-v-universal-health-se united-states-v-gaudin united-states-v-lindsey wire-fraud |
Materiality is one of the essential elements of mail and wire fraud. Neder v. United States, 527 U.S. 1, 25 (1999). A false statement is "material" if… |
| 18-1124 |
Stephens Institute, dba Academy of Art University v. United States, ex rel. Scott Rose, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-02-28 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
department-of-education escobar escobar-standard false-claims-act false-claims-act-fca federal-financial-aid financial-aid incentive-compensation-ban incentive-compensation-ban-icb materiality materiality-standard universal-health-services-v-escobar |
In Universal Health Services v. U.S. ex rel. Escobar, this Court held that a misrepresentation about compliance with a legal requirement must be mater… |