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Cindy Omidi v. United States

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, No. 15-50376, 15-50537 · judgment March 14, 2018


Certiorari denied · November 5, 2018
Pre-decision estimate: 3% cert probability

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

Questions presented

  1. Does 31 U.S.C. § 5317 give a district court authority to enter a personal money judgment against a person who has violated only 31 U.S.C. § 5324(a)(3) (structuring), even though: (a) the person did not engage in any criminal conduct other than structuring; (b) the structured funds are neither available nor traceable; and (c) section 5317 does not expressly confer the court with authority to impose a personal money judgment, in the absence of traceable funds.

  2. Is an indictment constructively amendment, warranting reversal of a conviction, when the indictment relies on one specific statutory basis for jurisdiction (31 U.S.C. § 5312(a)(2)(V)), but the (objected to) jury instructions and evidence allows for a conviction on two alternative statutory basis for jurisdiction (31 U.S.C. § 5312(a)(2)(V) and § 5312(a)(2)(K))?

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Robert Adam Kashfian
Kashfian & Kashfian, LLP

For respondent
Noel John Francisco
Jones Day

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Nov 05 2018
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Oct 17 2018
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/2/2018.
  3. Oct 09 2018
    Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
  4. Jul 23 2018
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due November 1, 2018)