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Fady G. Sorial, et al. v. Robinhood Financial LLC
Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, No. 24-3114 · judgment November 12, 2025
Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate: the model weighted this down for a self-represented petitioner.
Question presented
Whether the unit of prosecution under 18 U.S.C. § 201(b) is defined by each discrete "official act" performed in exchange for a thing of value, or whether multiple official acts undertaken pursuant to an ongoing stream of substantial financial benefits may be collapsed into a single continuing bribery offense based on a unified quid pro quo. Whether the judicial consolidation of multiple, distinct official acts into a single count improperly converts a "count-by-act" statute into a "course-of-conduct" offense, in a manner contrary to the plain text and structural design of 18 U.S.C. § 201(b). Whether a circuit panel may incur liability under 18 U.S.C. § 2 by affirming quid pro quo exchanges involving concealed payments from a party to the magistrate spouse and a false tampered record specifically, an order terminating a motion that is absent from the pacer Whether a magistrate unlawful Report, vacated upon the post hoc recusal of a judicial officer only after the exposure of concealed, ongoing financial transfers from an adverse party to the judge's spouse, constitutes a legal nullity-thereby divesting it of all operative effect Whether mandatory overturn is required when an Article III judge, acting as a promoter by switching magistrates to implant a specific agent and —
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Fady G. Sorial
For respondent
Peter Sean Fruin
Maynard Nexsen PC
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
25A930
Orders
Order list, June 1, 2026 · Certiorari denied
Order list, July 20, 2026 · Rehearing denied
Proceedings
- Jul 20 2026Rehearing DENIED.
- Jun 24 2026DISTRIBUTED.
- Jun 08 2026Petition for Rehearing filed.
- Jun 01 2026Petition DENIED.
- May 12 2026DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/28/2026.
- May 08 2026Waiver of right of respondent Robinhood Financial LLC to respond filed.
- Apr 20 2026Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due June 8, 2026)
- Feb 20 2026Application (25A930) granted by Justice Sotomayor extending the time to file until May 8, 2026.
- Feb 17 2026Application (25A930) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from March 9, 2026 to May 8, 2026, submitted to Justice Sotomayor.