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Gary Thomas and Felix Parrilla v. United States
Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, No. 15-141, 15-230 · judgment March 15, 2018
Certiorari denied · October 9, 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.
Question presented
- Whether it is permissible under the venue provisions of the U.S. Constitution Article III, § 2, cl. 3; the Sixth Amendment; and Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure Rule 18 for the Government to manufacture venue in the Southern District of New York by bringing a cooperating witness into the district for the sole purpose of making scripted phone calls to fulfill the government’s objective of informing fellow conspirators of the cooperator’s location.
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Stephen N. Preziosi
Law Office of Stephen N. Preziosi, PC
For respondent
Noel John Francisco
Jones Day
Proceedings
- Oct 09 2018Petition DENIED. Justice Kavanaugh took no part in the consideration or decision of this petition.
- Sep 19 2018DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/5/2018.
- Sep 12 2018Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
- Aug 17 2018Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due September 24, 2018)