Coscia v. United States
Petition for certiorari denied on May 14, 2018
Issues: (1) Whether the “anti-spoofing” provision of the Dodd-Frank Act, 7 U.S.C. § 6c(a)(5)(C), is unconstitutionally vague; and (2) whether placing genuine open-market orders that could be and, in some instances, were executed can constitute commodity fraud under 18 U.S.C. § 1348(1) based solely on the trader’s purported intent in placing the orders.
| Date | Proceedings and Orders (key to color coding) |
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| Nov 13 2017 | Application (17A527) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from December 4, 2017 to January 3, 2018, submitted to Justice Kagan. |
| Nov 14 2017 | Application (17A527) granted by Justice Kagan extending the time to file until January 3, 2018. |
| Dec 12 2017 | Application (17A527) to extend further the time from January 3, 2018 to February 2, 2018, submitted to Justice Kagan. |
| Dec 13 2017 | Application (17A527) granted by Justice Kagan extending the time to file until February 2, 2018. |
| Feb 02 2018 | Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due March 8, 2018) |
| Feb 27 2018 | Motion to extend the time to file a response from March 8, 2018 to April 9, 2018, submitted to The Clerk. |
| Feb 28 2018 | Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including April 9, 2018. |
| Mar 08 2018 | Brief amici curiae of Jerry W. Markham and Ronald H. Filler filed. |
| Apr 09 2018 | Brief of respondent United States in opposition filed. |
| Apr 24 2018 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/10/2018. |
| Apr 24 2018 | Reply of petitioner Michael Coscia filed. (Distributed) |
| May 14 2018 | Petition DENIED. |
