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Rolando Cruz, Jr. v. United States

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, No. 17-3191 · judgment September 10, 2020

Dismissed · April 29, 2021
Pre-decision estimate: 3% cert probability

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

Question presented

I. WHETHER IT WAS ERROR FOR THE THIRD CIRCUIT TO JUSTIFY AFFIRMANCE OF THE RICO CONSPIRACY CONVICTIONS ON THE BASIS OF EVIDENCE PROVING SOMETHING QUITE DIFFERENT FROM WHAT WAS CHARGED IN THE INDICTMENT? II. WHETHER UNITED STATES V. ROWE APPLIES TO CONSPIRACY CASES?

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Peter Goldberger

For respondent
Brian H. Fletcher
Acting Solicitor General

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Apr 29 2021
    Stipulation to dismissal under Rule 46 filed.
  2. Apr 29 2021
    Petition Dismissed - Rule 46.
  3. Apr 27 2021
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/13/2021.
  4. Apr 21 2021
    Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
  5. Apr 14 2021
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due May 17, 2021)