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Edward Mangano v. United States
Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, No. 22-861, 22-937 · judgment February 13, 2025
Certiorari denied · March 9, 2026
Pre-decision estimate: 2% cert probability
Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.
Question presented
Whether an official in one government may be convicted of honest services fraud when his only alleged “official action” was using his “tremendous political clout” to influence the decisions of another, distinct government, and the official owed no fiduciary duty to that distinct government.
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Fred Anthony Rowley Jr.
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
For respondent
D. John Sauer
Solicitor General
Proceedings
- Mar 09 2026Petition DENIED.
- Feb 18 2026DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/6/2026.
- Feb 17 2026Reply of petitioner Edward Mangano filed. (Distributed)
- Feb 03 2026Brief of respondent United States in opposition filed.
- Jan 06 2026Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including February 3, 2026.
- Jan 05 2026Motion to extend the time to file a response from January 14, 2026 to February 3, 2026, submitted to The Clerk.
- Nov 26 2025Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including January 14, 2026.
- Nov 25 2025Motion to extend the time to file a response from December 15, 2025 to January 14, 2026, submitted to The Clerk.
- Nov 14 2025Response Requested. (Due December 15, 2025)
- Nov 05 2025DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/21/2025.
- Oct 30 2025Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
- Oct 13 2025Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due November 14, 2025)
- Jul 14 2025Application (25A42) granted by Justice Sotomayor extending the time to file until October 13, 2025.
- Jul 10 2025Application (25A42) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from August 14, 2025 to October 13, 2025, submitted to Justice Sotomayor.