Lee v. United States
Petition for certiorari denied on June 13, 2022
Issue: (1) Whether a non-physician may be convicted of conspiring with a physician to prescribe controlled substances outside of the course of professional practice under 21 U.S.C. § 841(a) without regard to the non-physicians understanding that the physician believed their prescribing to be within the usual course of professional medical practice; (2) whether a federal court must grant a motion for judgment of acquittal when, after construing the evidence in the light most favorable to the government and considering both exculpatory and inculpatory inferences, the evidence of guilt and innocence is in equipoise; and (3) whether the circuit court erred in failing to address a recent U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit case raised in the context of a Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 28(j) letter that is dispositive of appellate issues raised with the circuit court.
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Date | Proceedings and Orders |
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01/18/2022 | Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due February 24, 2022) |
02/18/2022 | Motion of United States for an extension of time not accepted for filing. (February 22, 2022 - Letter to be corrected) |
02/22/2022 | Motion to extend the time to file a response from February 24, 2022 to March 28, 2022, submitted to The Clerk. |
02/23/2022 | Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including March 28, 2022. |
03/28/2022 | Motion to extend the time to file a response from March 28, 2022 to April 27, 2022, submitted to The Clerk. |
03/29/2022 | Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including April 27, 2022. |
04/25/2022 | Motion to extend the time to file a response from April 27, 2022 to April 29, 2022, submitted to The Clerk. |
04/26/2022 | Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including April 29, 2022. |
04/29/2022 | Brief of respondent United States in opposition filed. VIDED. |
05/17/2022 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/2/2022. |
06/06/2022 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/9/2022. |
06/13/2022 | Petition DENIED. |