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Moshe Porat v. United States
Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, No. 22-1560 · judgment August 7, 2023
Certiorari denied · June 2, 2025
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 deception to induce a commercial exchange can constitute mail or wire fraud under 18 U.S.C. §§ 1341 and 1343, even if the defendant does not intend to cause economic harm and the alleged victim receives the goods or services for which it paid.
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Alexandra Anastasia Ekaterina Shapiro
Shapiro Arato Bach LLP
For respondent
D. John Sauer
Solicitor General
Proceedings
- Jun 02 2025Petition DENIED.
- May 27 2025DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/29/2025.
- Jun 10 2024DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/13/2024.
- Jun 03 2024DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/6/2024.
- May 29 2024Rescheduled.
- May 14 2024DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/30/2024.
- May 14 2024Supplemental brief of petitioner Moshe Porat filed. (Distributed)
- Apr 01 2024Rescheduled.
- Mar 20 2024DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/12/2024.
- Mar 15 2024Reply of petitioner Moshe Porat filed.
- Mar 04 2024Brief of respondent United States in opposition filed.
- Jan 31 2024Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due March 4, 2024)
- Nov 15 2023Application (23A418) granted by Justice Alito extending the time to file until January 31, 2024.
- Nov 06 2023Application (23A418) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from January 1, 2024 to March 1, 2024, submitted to Justice Alito.