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Henry P. Alfano and William Hird v. United States
Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, No. 14-4754, 15-3765 · judgment January 18, 2019
Certiorari denied · December 9, 2019
Pre-decision estimate: 1% cert probability
Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.
Question presented
Does the potential for collection of fines and costs which may become due to the state from unadjudicated traffic tickets, on which there has yet been no finding of guilt, constitute “property” which may be the object of a scheme to defraud under the mail- and wire-fraud statutes, 18 U.S.C. §§ 1341, 1343, and 1349?
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Mark E. Cedrone
Cedrone & Manano, LLC
For respondent
Noel John Francisco
Jones Day
Proceedings
- Dec 09 2019Petition DENIED.
- Nov 13 2019DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/6/2019.
- Jul 19 2019Brief of respondents Michael Lowry, Robert Mulgrew, Thomasine Tynes in support filed.
- Jul 01 2019Letter from counsel for respondents providing notice under Rule 12.6 received.
- Jun 25 2019Waiver of right of respondent United States of America to respond filed.
- Jun 17 2019Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due July 19, 2019)
- May 13 2019Application (18A1048) granted by Justice Alito extending the time to file until June 17, 2019.
- May 09 2019Application (18A1048) to extend further the time from May 18, 2019 to June 17, 2019, submitted to Justice Alito.
- Apr 11 2019Application (18A1048) granted by Justice Alito extending the time to file until May 18, 2019.
- Apr 08 2019Application (18A1048) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from April 18, 2019 to June 3, 2019, submitted to Justice Alito.