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John Ching En Lee v. United States
Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, No. 16-10448 · judgment June 6, 2018
Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.
Questions presented
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When determining whether an alleged false statement has a literal truth defense, may a court isolate the ambiguous question or view it in the totality of its real-world context?
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After Ajoku, to meet the requisite mens rea under 18 U.S.C. § 1001(a)(2), must a defendant have knowledge or a reckless disregard that the underlying conduct of the lie was unlawful?
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Does Maslenjak’s “materiality” requirement demand that the government establish that a false statement influenced an actual decision of an agency?
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Kari Elisabeth Hong
Boston College Law School
For respondent
Noel John Francisco
Jones Day
Case
Subject area
Criminal Procedure (estimated from the questions presented, in the Supreme Court Database’s categories)
Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference
Linked docket
18A203
Order
Order list, February 19, 2019 · Certiorari denied
Proceedings
- Feb 19 2019Petition DENIED.
- Jan 23 2019DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/15/2019.
- Jan 22 2019Reply of petitioner John Lee filed.
- Jan 07 2019Brief of respondent United States in opposition filed.
- Dec 06 2018Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including January 7, 2019.
- Dec 04 2018Motion to extend the time to file a response from December 6, 2018 to January 7, 2019, submitted to The Clerk.
- Nov 02 2018Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due December 6, 2018)
- Aug 24 2018Application (18A203) granted by The Chief Justice extending the time to file until November 2, 2018.
- Aug 21 2018Application (18A203) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from September 4, 2018 to November 3, 2018, submitted to The Chief Justice.