Subject: Second Circuit oral arguments next week (October 12-16, 2020) Date: Thu, 08 Oct 2020 21:21:33 +0000 The Office has three oral arguments in criminal cases scheduled before the Second Circuit next week. They will be argued by phone/zoom, and you can listen to the livestream at this link. Also, you can click on the hyperlinks below to access our briefs. Tuesday, October 13, 2020 (Winter, Walker, Menashi) Farhane v. United States - Motion for certificate of appealability: denial of Section 2255 motion raising ineffective of assistance of counsel claim based on failure to advise about possibility of denaturalization - First on A calendar; scheduled to start at 10:00 am (Cabranes, Pooler, Raggi) United States v. Maxwell - Pre-trial appeal: whether district court’s order denying D’s motion to modify protective order is subject to interlocutory appeal; whether district court abused its discretion in denying the motion - Second on B calendar; scheduled to start at 2:24 pm Thursday, October 15, 2020 (Walker, Lohier, Stanceu) United States v. Louis Mcintosh (here and here) - Appeal from trial and our cross-appeal from partial grant of Rule 29 motion: sufficiency of the evidence of Hobbs Act robbery counts (intent to commit robbery, interstate commerce, and venue); Davis challenge to Section 924(c) conviction (attempted Hobbs Act robbery); Rehaif challenge to jury instructions; whether the Rule 32.2 deadline for entry of a preliminary order of forfeiture is jurisdictional - First on calendar; scheduled to start at 10:00 am EFTA00018504