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Gerald Spruell v. United States

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, No. 20-2912 · judgment March 8, 2023


Certiorari denied · October 2, 2023
Pre-decision estimate: 2% cert probability

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

Questions presented

  1. Whether the Court of Appeals erred in concluding there was sufficient evidence to support the jury’s verdict and drug quantities attributed to the conspiracy charge.

  2. Whether the Court of Appeals erred in concluding that the district court’s erroneous mandatory minimum and Guidelines application was harmless.

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Jeremy Brian Gordon
Law Office of Jeremy Gordon

For respondent
Elizabeth B. Prelogar
Solicitor General

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Oct 02 2023
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Jul 19 2023
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/26/2023.
  3. Jul 06 2023
    Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
  4. Jun 27 2023
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due July 31, 2023)