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Robert Sylvester Kelly v. United States
Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, No. 22-1481, 22-1982 · judgment February 12, 2025
Before the decision, modestly above the 4.1% base rate. The model weighted this up for a Second Circuit decision below, a petition filed soon after the judgment below, and counsel who has filed here before.
Question presented
Should this Court grant certiorari to make explicit that under 18 U.S.C. § 1962(c), the members of an "enterprise" must share a common illegal or fraudulent purpose?
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Jennifer Bonjean
Bonjean Law Group
For respondent
D. John Sauer
Solicitor General
Case
Subject area
Criminal Procedure (estimated from the questions presented, in the Supreme Court Database’s categories)
Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference
Order
Order list, June 23, 2025 · Certiorari denied
Proceedings
- Jun 23 2025Petition DENIED.
- Jun 03 2025DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/18/2025.
- May 23 2025Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
- May 13 2025Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due June 16, 2025)