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Jibril Adamu v. United States
Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, No. 23-6561 · judgment July 21, 2025
Certiorari denied · March 30, 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.
Questions presented
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W hether the crime of possession w ith intent to distribute under 21 U.S.C. §959(c)(2) applies extraterritorially.
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Whether a non-testifying analyst’s statements in a cellphone extraction report are testimonial hearsay, rather than “raw, machine-created data,” and are thus subject to the Sixth Amendment’s Confrontation Clause.
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Michael Patrick Robotti
Ballard Spahr LLP
For respondent
D. John Sauer
Solicitor General
Proceedings
- Mar 30 2026Petition DENIED.
- Mar 11 2026DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/27/2026.
- Mar 09 2026Reply of petitioner Jibril Adamu filed. (Distributed)
- Feb 23 2026Brief of respondent United States in opposition filed.
- Jan 23 2026Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including February 23, 2026.
- Jan 22 2026Motion to extend the time to file a response from January 23, 2026 to February 23, 2026, submitted to The Clerk.
- Dec 15 2025Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including January 23, 2026.
- Dec 11 2025Motion to extend the time to file a response from December 24, 2025 to January 23, 2026, submitted to The Clerk.
- Nov 21 2025Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including December 24, 2025.
- Nov 20 2025Motion to extend the time to file a response from November 24, 2025 to December 24, 2025, submitted to The Clerk.
- Oct 20 2025Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due November 24, 2025)