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Jeffrey R. Owen v. United States
Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, No. 24-5828 · judgment May 14, 2026
3%
estimated cert probability
(petition-stage, structural)
(petition-stage, structural)
Rule 10: circuit split argued
GVR risk 0%
Well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.
Question presented
Does a scheme to prevent a creditor from collecting a defendant’s money to satisfy a debt, but which does no harm to any property interest of the victim, constitute a scheme to defraud under the federal bank and wire fraud statutes?
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Robert Kenyon Meyer
Dinsmore & Shohl LLP
For respondent
D. John Sauer
Solicitor General
Case
Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference
Proceedings
- Sep 02 2026DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/28/2026.
- Aug 31 2026Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
- Aug 12 2026Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due September 14, 2026)