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Mahsa Parviz v. United States

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, No. 22-50160 · judgment March 19, 2025


Certiorari denied · January 12, 2026
Pre-decision estimate: 5% cert probability

Before the decision, roughly the 4.1% base rate. The model weighted this up for counsel who has won certiorari before and a Ninth Circuit decision below.

Question presented

18 U.S.C. § 1028A(a)(1), titled “Aggravated identity theft,” imposes a mandatory consecutive two-year prison term on one who, while committing a listed felony, “uses, without lawful authority, a means of identification of another person.” The question presented is whether, to sustain a conviction for aggravated identity theft, the government must prove that the defendant used the other person’s means of identification without their consent.

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Stuart Banner
UCLA School of Law Supreme Court Clinic

For respondent
D. John Sauer
Solicitor General

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Jan 12 2026
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Dec 03 2025
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/9/2026.
  3. Dec 01 2025
    Reply of petitioner Mahsa Parviz filed. (Distributed)
  4. Nov 19 2025
    Brief of respondent United States in opposition filed.
  5. Oct 08 2025
    Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including November 19, 2025.
  6. Oct 06 2025
    Motion to extend the time to file a response from October 20, 2025 to November 19, 2025, submitted to The Clerk.
  7. Sep 12 2025
    Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted in part and the time is extended to and including October 20, 2025.
  8. Sep 11 2025
    Motion to extend the time to file a response from September 18, 2025 to October 25, 2025, submitted to The Clerk.
  9. Aug 15 2025
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due September 18, 2025)