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Peter Bolos v. United States

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, No. 22-5486, 22-5605 · judgment June 12, 2024

Certiorari denied · June 2, 2025
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 a scheme to induce a transaction through deception, but which contemplates no harm to any property interest, constitute a scheme to defraud under the federal mail fraud statute, 18 U.S.C. § 1341?

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Scott Burnett Smith
Bradley Arant Boult Cummings, LLP

For respondent
D. John Sauer
Solicitor General

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 2 conferences

Proceedings

  1. Jun 02 2025
    Petition DENIED.
  2. May 27 2025
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/29/2025.
  3. Oct 30 2024
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/15/2024.
  4. Oct 15 2024
    Memorandum of respondent United States filed.
    Main DocumentProof of Service
  5. Sep 10 2024
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due October 15, 2024)
    PetitionCertificate of Word CountProof of Service