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Michael Binday v. United States

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, No. 21-1206 · judgment May 6, 2024


Certiorari denied · October 7, 2024
Pre-decision estimate: 51% cert probability (95% interval 40%–63%)

Before the decision, about 12.4× the 4.1% base rate. The model weighted this up for a petition filed soon after the judgment below, counsel who has won certiorari before, and a Second Circuit decision below.

Question presented

W hether this Court’s decision in Ciminelli v. United States, 598 U.S. 306 (2023), was a constitutional determination that placed particular conduct or persons covered by the fraud statutes beyond the State’s power to punish and thus must be given retroactive effect. When a person has challenged a judicial construction of a criminal statute at trial, on direct appeal, and in a 2255 motion as unconstitutional, and lower courts reject his contentions, is he foreclosed by section 2255(h) from raising the same issue in a later in time motion after this Court vindicates his position?

Counsel of record

For petitioner
David William Shapiro
The Norton Law Firm

For respondent
Elizabeth B. Prelogar
Solicitor General

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Oct 07 2024
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Sep 24 2024
    Notice of Supplemental Authority of Michael Binday submitted.
  3. Jul 18 2024
    Letter from counsel for petitioner received.
  4. Jun 26 2024
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/30/2024.
  5. Jun 17 2024
    Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
  6. Jun 07 2024
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due July 11, 2024)