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Mohammad Nauman Chaudhri, Mohammad Rehan Chaudhri, & Zahida Aman v. United States

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, No. 23-4054, 23-4077, 23-4078 · judgment April 8, 2025


Certiorari denied · October 6, 2025
Pre-decision estimate: 1% cert probability

Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.

Question presented

When applying the plain language of a broadly worded federal criminal statue would intrude on an area historically left to the states, must a court apply the plain language without consideration of the context in which the statute was enacted or the presumption that if Congress intends to usurp authority previously left to the states it must say so explicitly?

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Barry J. Pollack
Harris St. Laurent & Wechsler LLP

For respondent
D. John Sauer
Solicitor General

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Oct 06 2025
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Aug 20 2025
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2025.
  3. Aug 18 2025
    Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
  4. Aug 04 2025
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due September 5, 2025)