Raza v. United States
Petition for certiorari denied on June 25, 2018
Issue: Whether, in a federal fraud prosecution involving a private victim, materiality turns on the misrepresentation"s ability to influence the actual decisionmaker to which it was addressed, as three circuits have held, or instead on its ability to influence a hypothetical "reasonable person," as six circuits have held.
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- Petition of the day (Aurora Barnes, April 27, 2018)
| Date | Proceedings and Orders |
|---|---|
| 03/15/2018 | Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due April 18, 2018) |
| 04/10/2018 | Motion to extend the time to file a response from April 18, 2018 to May 18, 2018, submitted to The Clerk. |
| 04/11/2018 | Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including May 18, 2018. |
| 05/18/2018 | Brief of respondent United States of America in opposition filed. |
| 06/05/2018 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/21/2018. |
| 06/05/2018 | Reply of petitioners Mohsin Raza, et al. filed. (Distributed) |
| 06/25/2018 | Petition DENIED. |