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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


Certiorari denied · December 8, 2025
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

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

  1. Dec 08 2025
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Nov 12 2025
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/5/2025.
  3. Nov 07 2025
    Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
  4. Sep 03 2025
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due November 28, 2025)