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Beth Palin v. United States

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, No. 16-4522 · judgment October 30, 2017

Certiorari denied · April 2, 2018
Pre-decision estimate: 2% cert probability

Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.

Questions presented

  1. Did the Fourth Circuit’s misinterpretation of the new materiality standard set forth in Universal Health Services v. United States ex rel. Escobar1 lead to an erroneous determination that the evidence was sufficient to uphold the Petitioner’s conviction?

  2. Did the Fourth Circuit err by upholding a criminal health care fraud conviction based on an indictment that was pled without specificity or any identifiable evidence of fraud? 1 136 S.Ct. 1989 (2016).

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Michael John Khouri
KHOURI LAW OFFICE, PLLC

For respondent
Noel John Francisco
Jones Day

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Apr 02 2018
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Mar 13 2018
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/29/2018.
  3. Mar 09 2018
    Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
  4. Feb 22 2018
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due April 2, 2018)