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Colorado v. Bernardino Fuentes-Espinoza
Paid petition · Supreme Court of Colorado, No. 13SC128 · judgment October 10, 2017
Certiorari denied · April 30, 2018
Pre-decision estimate: 3% cert probability
Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.
Question presented
Whether, under principles of implied preemption, the federal Immigration and Nationality Act, 8 U.S.C. §§ 1101, et seq., precludes States from enacting legislation to prohibit human smuggling.
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Frederick Richard Yarger
Wheeler Trigg O'Donnell LLP
For respondent
Ned Richard Jaeckle
Deputy State Public Defender
Proceedings
- Apr 30 2018Motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed by respondent GRANTED.
- Apr 30 2018Petition DENIED.
- Apr 13 2018Reply of petitioner Colorado filed. (Distributed)
- Apr 11 2018DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/27/2018.
- Mar 28 2018Brief of respondent Bernardino Fuentes-Espinoza in opposition filed.
- Mar 28 2018Motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed by respondent Bernardino Fuentes-Espinoza.
- Mar 05 2018Brief amici curiae of Arizona, et al. filed.
- Mar 02 2018Brief amicus curiae of Eagle Forum Education & Legal Defense Fund filed.
- Feb 15 2018Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including April 4, 2018.
- Feb 06 2018Motion to extend the time to file a response from March 5, 2018 to April 4, 2018, submitted to The Clerk.
- Jan 29 2018Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due March 5, 2018)
- Dec 13 2017Application (17A638) granted by Justice Sotomayor extending the time to file until January 29, 2018.
- Dec 08 2017Application (17A638) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from January 8, 2018 to January 29, 2018, submitted to Justice Sotomayor.