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Alan Howell Parrot v. United States
Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, No. 24-1563 · judgment March 21, 2025
Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.
Question presented
In an Assault on an Officer prosecution brought pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 111, is a mistake of fact jury instruction warranted by virtue of United States v. Feola where an accused is aware of the identity of federal law enforcement officers but where federal law enforcement officers fail to identify their purpose, misrepresent their purpose, attempt to enter a domicile without announcing their purpose, and the accused uses force to prevent an entry into the accused’s domicile?
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Walter Frederic McKee
McKee Morgan, LLC, P.A.
For respondent
D. John Sauer
Solicitor General
Case
Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference
Proceedings
- Dec 08 2025Petition DENIED.
- Nov 12 2025DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/5/2025.
- Nov 07 2025Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
- Sep 03 2025Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due November 28, 2025)