Aiello v. United States
Petition for certiorari granted, judgment vacated, and case remanded to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit for further consideration in light of Percoco v. United States and Ciminelli v. United States.
Issue: (1) Whether paying an influential private citizen to advocate one"s position before a government agency can constitute honest services fraud under 18 U.S.C. " 1346; and (2) whether deception that deprives a person of "potentially valuable economic information," without more, can constitute "money or property" fraud under the federal mail and wire fraud statutes.
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| Date | Proceedings and Orders |
|---|---|
| 01/07/2022 | Application (21A298) granted by Justice Sotomayor extending the time to file until March 1, 2022. |
| 02/18/2022 | Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due March 25, 2022) |
| 03/17/2022 | Motion to extend the time to file a response from March 25, 2022 to April 25, 2022, submitted to The Clerk. |
| 03/21/2022 | Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including April 25, 2022. |
| 03/24/2022 | Brief amicus curiae of New York Council of Defense Lawyers filed. VIDED. |
| 03/25/2022 | Brief amici curiae of Criminal Law Scholars filed. |
| 04/05/2022 | Motion to extend the time to file a response from April 25, 2022 to May 24, 2022, submitted to The Clerk. |
| 04/07/2022 | Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including May 24, 2022. |
| 05/24/2022 | Brief of respondent United States in opposition filed. VIDED. |
| 06/03/2022 | Reply of petitioners Steven Aiello and Joseph Gerardi filed. (Distributed) |
| 06/07/2022 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/23/2022. |
| 06/29/2022 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/29/2022. |
| 05/15/2023 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/18/2023. |
| 05/22/2023 | Petition GRANTED. Judgment VACATED and case REMANDED for further consideration in light of Percoco v. United States, 598 U. S. ___ (2023) and Ciminelli v. United States, 598 U. S. ___ (2023). |
| 06/23/2023 | Judgment issued. |