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Stephen A. Saccoccia v. United States, et al.

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, No. 19-1361 · judgment April 2, 2020

Certiorari denied · January 11, 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

Whether the courts of appeal may create exceptions to this Court's finding in Honeycutt v. United States that there exists no statutory authority for joint and several liability forfeitures or forfeitures that grossly exceed the amount received by the individual defendant?

Counsel of record

For petitioner
John Allen Roth

For respondent
Jeffrey B. Wall
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP

Case

Subject area
Criminal Procedure (estimated from the questions presented, in the Supreme Court Database’s categories)

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Order
Order list, January 11, 2021 · Certiorari denied

Proceedings

Jan 11 2021
Petition DENIED. Justice Kagan took no part in the consideration or decision of this petition.
Dec 23 2020
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/8/2021.
Dec 18 2020
Waiver of right of respondents United States, et al. to respond filed.
Nov 15 2020
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due December 28, 2020)