Fady G. Sorial, et al. v. Robinhood Financial LLC

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 —