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James C. Dimora v. United States
Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, No. 18-4260 · judgment August 31, 2020
Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.
Question presented
Whether a McDonnell error—i.e., defining the element of “official act” overbroadly in bribery counts and thereby enabling a jury to wrongly conclude that a public official’s lawful conduct is unlawful—can invalidate convictions on additional counts that do not have an “official act” element but depend on the jury’s assessment of whether that same conduct is unlawful.
Counsel of record
For petitioner
David Eduard Mills
The Mills Law Office LLC
For respondent
Brian H. Fletcher
Acting Solicitor General
Case
Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference
Proceedings
- Mar 22 2021Petition DENIED.
- Mar 03 2021DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/19/2021.
- Feb 24 2021Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
- Feb 08 2021Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due March 19, 2021)