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Faraday Hosseinipour v. United States
Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, No. 23-5029, 23-5560 · judgment June 26, 2025
Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.
Questions presented
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Whether by establishing a pyramid scheme, the Government can shortcut its burden of proving the necessary elements of conspiracy to commit mail fraud and securities fraud, including whether each defendant acted with an intent to defraud?
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Whether the instructions and the definition of pyramid scheme are impermissibly vague and abstruse, which will permit the Government to arbitrarily bring charges and convict participants in multi-level marketing companies?
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Whether the Sixth Circuit’s opinion directly conflicts with the Court’s recent decision in Glossip v. Oklahoma, 604 U.S. 226, 248 (2025), and whether the Sixth Circuit misapplied Napue in allowing the Government’s knowing failure to correct false evidence to go unaddressed?
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Philip Edward Cecil
Fultz Maddox Dickens PLC
For respondent
D. John Sauer
Solicitor General
Proceedings
- Feb 23 2026Petition DENIED.
- Jan 28 2026DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/20/2026.
- Jan 22 2026Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
- Dec 29 2025Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due February 17, 2026)
- Nov 26 2025Application (25A623) granted by Justice Kavanaugh extending the time to file until December 24, 2025.
- Nov 24 2025Application (25A623) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from November 25, 2025 to December 24, 2025, submitted to Justice Kavanaugh.