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Mike Duffy, III v. United States

IFP petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, No. 24-3902 · judgment November 20, 2025


Certiorari denied · March 23, 2026

Questions presented

  1. Did the district court’s misapplication of Rosemond v. United States, 572 U.S. 65 (2014) in denying Petitioner’s Rule 29 Motion For Judgment of Acquittal – endorsed by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals – represent such a departure from the usual course of judicial proceedings as to call for the Supreme Court’s supervisory power?

  2. Were the district court’s actions during the run up to, and during, jury deliberations – endorsed by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals through its denial of Petitioner’s Rule 33 Motion For New Trial – so coercive in their effect on the jury’s deliberations as to deprive Petitioner of his constitutional rights to due process and a fair trial, and, moreover, represent such a departure from the usual course of judicial proceedings as to call for the Supreme Court’s supervisory power? PARTIES TO THE PROCEEDING All parties to the proceedings are listed in the caption. The petitioner is not a corporation.

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Michael J. Bresnehan
Law Offices of Michael J. Bresnehan, P.C.

For respondent
D. John Sauer
Solicitor General

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Mar 23 2026
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Mar 05 2026
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/20/2026.
  3. Mar 02 2026
    Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
  4. Feb 17 2026
    Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due March 26, 2026)