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Michael Prime v. United States
Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, No. 23-13776 · judgment November 4, 2025
Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.
Question presented
Whether the government may satisfy the “prejudice” element of the equitable defense of laches by relying on its own voluntary destruction of seized property that is the subject of a motion for return under Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 41(g).
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Gus Michael Centrone
Gus M. Centrone, P.A.
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
Linked docket
25A849
Order
Order list, April 20, 2026 · Certiorari denied
Proceedings
- Apr 20 2026Petition DENIED.
- Apr 01 2026DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/17/2026.
- Mar 24 2026Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
- Mar 04 2026Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due April 6, 2026)
- Jan 29 2026Application (25A849) granted by Justice Thomas extending the time to file until March 4, 2026.
- Jan 16 2025Application (25A849) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from February 2, 2026 to March 4, 2026, submitted to Justice Thomas.