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Ben Cheng Petitions to Watch

Posted Mon, September 10th, 2012 11:00 pm

Petition of the day

The petition of the day is:

Shaygan v. United States

Note: Goldstein & Russell, P.C., whose attorneys contribute to or work for this blog in various capacities, filed an amicus brief in support of the petitioner in this case.
Docket: 12-44
Issue(s): Whether the government is exempted as a matter of law for Hyde Amendment sanctions, 18 U.S.C. § 3006A, under the statute’s prohibition on “bad faith” prosecutions despite subjective malice in its filing decision and extensive and pervasive prosecutorial misconduct during the course of the litigation, merely because there was probable cause to support the filing of the indictment.

Certiorari stage documents:

Posted in Shaygan v. U.S., Cases in the Pipeline

Recommended Citation: Ben Cheng, Petition of the day, SCOTUSblog (Sep. 10, 2012, 11:00 PM), http://www.scotusblog.com/2012/09/petition-of-the-day-331/