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Yuzef Abramov v. United States

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, No. 16-50104 · judgment November 7, 2018


Certiorari denied · October 7, 2019
Pre-decision estimate: 4% cert probability

Before the decision, roughly the 4.1% base rate. The model weighted this up for a Ninth Circuit decision below, a dissent in the court below (flagged in the petition), and counsel who has filed here before.

Question presented

I. Whether it is constitutional to extend 18 U.S.C. § 2423(c) to noncommercial conduct allegedly committed by a foreign citizen and resident against other foreign citizens entirely within a foreign country. II. Whether a defendant’s exercise of his right to counsel of choice by timely requesting to substitute retained counsel may be circumscribed by the factors implicated in a request to substitute appointed counsel, or instead whether the right to retained counsel of choice must be honored in the absence of compelling justification.

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Becky Walker James
James & Associates

For respondent
Noel John Francisco
Jones Day

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Linked docket
18A1350

Proceedings

  1. Oct 07 2019
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Sep 26 2019
    Supplemental brief of petitioner Yuzef Abramov filed. (Distributed)
  3. Sep 11 2019
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/1/2019.
  4. Sep 04 2019
    Waiver of right of respondent United States of America to respond filed.
  5. Aug 23 2019
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due September 27, 2019)
  6. Jun 21 2019
    Application (18A1350) granted by Justice Kagan extending the time to file until August 26, 2019.
  7. Jun 18 2019
    Application (18A1350) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from June 27, 2019 to August 26, 2019, submitted to Justice Kagan.