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Brett Dewayne Cole v. United States

IFP petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, No. 24-7077 · judgment December 24, 2025


Pending

Question presented

Whether acts of juvenile delinquency, which are defined not to be crimes by 18 U.S.C. § 5031, are “crimes” within the definition of “child molestation” in Federal Rule of Evidence 414(d)(2). LIST OF PARTIES TO THE PROCEEDING The parties to the proceeding are Petitioner Brett Dewayne Cole and Respondent the United States of America. There are no stock ticker symbols for these parties, and no corporate disclosure statement is required under Rule 29.6. LIST OF RELATED PROCEEDINGS There are no related proceedings.

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Blain David Myhre
Blain Myhre, LLC

For respondent
D. John Sauer
Solicitor General

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Linked docket
25A1100

Proceedings

  1. Jul 09 2026
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/28/2026.
  2. Jul 06 2026
    Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
  3. Jun 04 2026
    Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due July 17, 2026)
  4. Apr 10 2026
    Application (25A1100) granted by Justice Gorsuch extending the time to file until June 9, 2026.
  5. Apr 03 2026
    Application (25A1100) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from May 10, 2026 to June 10, 2026, submitted to Justice Gorsuch.