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Victor Garcia Garcia v. Jefferson B. Sessions, III, Attorney General

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, No. 15-2571, 16-1964 · judgment May 3, 2017

Certiorari denied · June 18, 2018

Pre-decision estimate: 2% cert probability

Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.

For petitioner
John Willshire
Harvard Immigration & Refugee Clinic

For respondent
Noel John Francisco
Jones Day

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Amicus briefs
1 cert-stage

Linked docket
17A640

Proceedings

Jun 18 2018
Petition DENIED.
May 29 2018
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/14/2018.
May 29 2018
Reply of petitioner Victor Garcia Garcia filed. (Distributed)
May 02 2018
Brief of respondent Jefferson B. Sessions, III, Attorney General in opposition filed.
Apr 02 2018
Brief amici curiae of Immigrant Legal Service Organizations, et al. filed.
Mar 28 2018
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including May 2, 2018.
Mar 27 2018
Motion to extend the time to file a response from April 2, 2018 to May 2, 2018, submitted to The Clerk.
Feb 21 2018
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due April 2, 2018)
Dec 14 2017
Application (17A640) granted by Justice Breyer extending the time to file until February 22, 2018.
Dec 11 2017
Application (17A640) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from December 24, 2017 to February 22, 2018, submitted to Justice Breyer.
Dec 11 2017
Pursuant to Rule 34.6 and Paragraph 9 of the Guidelines for the Submission of Documents to the Supreme Court’s Electronic Filing System, filings in this case should be submitted in paper form only, and should not be submitted through the Court’s electronic filing system.