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Lawrence Rudolph v. United States
Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, No. 23-1278 · judgment September 8, 2025
Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.
Question presented
Whether the Tenth Circuit erred in interpreting a federal venue statute enacted by the First Congress to mean the government can prosecute a federal crime committed abroad in any district it chooses, even while conceding that the statute’s plain text, like the Constitution’s Venue and Vicinage Clauses, bars prosecutorial forum-shopping.
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Ricardo J. Bascuas
University of Miami School of Law
For respondent
D. John Sauer
Solicitor General
Case
Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference
Proceedings
- Jan 12 2026Petition DENIED.
- Dec 23 2025DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/9/2026.
- Dec 15 2025Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
- Dec 08 2025Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due January 9, 2026)