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Joel Iverson Gilbert v. United States
Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, No. 18-14654 · judgment May 27, 2021
Certiorari denied · February 22, 2022
Pre-decision estimate: 1% cert probability
Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.
Questions presented
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Whether, in a bribery prosecution based on issue-advocacy payments that would otherwise enjoy First Amendment protection, the Government must prove that the payments were explicitly linked to official action.
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Whether a jury must be instructed that merely “expressing support” for a policy cannot support conviction under the federal bribery laws.
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Jeffrey Paul Doss
Lightfoot, Franklin & White, LLC
For respondent
Elizabeth B. Prelogar
Solicitor General
Proceedings
- Feb 22 2022Petition DENIED.
- Jan 12 2022DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/18/2022.
- Dec 23 2021Brief of respondent United States in opposition filed. VIDED.
- Dec 16 2021Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including January 14, 2022.
- Dec 14 2021Motion to extend the time to file a response from December 15, 2021 to January 14, 2022, submitted to The Clerk.
- Nov 10 2021Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due December 15, 2021)