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Timothy Ray Vasquez v. United States
Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, No. 22-10766 · judgment November 7, 2023
Certiorari denied · March 18, 2024
Pre-decision estimate: 2% cert probability
Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.
Question presented
Does quid pro quo bribery, in the context of an honest services fraud prosecution, permit conviction on the basis that a public official received a benefit in exchange for performing an official act only if a future opportunity to do so should arise?
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Franklyn Ray Mickelsen
Broden & Mickelsen
For respondent
Elizabeth B. Prelogar
Solicitor General
Case
Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference
Proceedings
- Mar 18 2024Petition DENIED.
- Feb 21 2024DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/15/2024.
- Feb 13 2024Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
- Feb 02 2024Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due March 7, 2024)