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Leonardo Villegas-Sarabia v. Jefferson B. Sessions, III, Attorney General

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, No. 15-60639 · judgment October 31, 2017

Certiorari denied · October 9, 2018
Pre-decision estimate: 1% cert probability

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

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Lance Edward Curtright
De Mott, McChesney, Curtright, Armendariz, LLP

For respondent
Noel John Francisco
Jones Day

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Linked docket
17A942

Proceedings

  1. Oct 09 2018
    Petition DENIED. Justice Kavanaugh took no part in the consideration or decision of this petition.
  2. Sep 12 2018
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/5/2018.
  3. Sep 07 2018
    Reply of petitioner Leonardo Villegas-Sarabia filed.
  4. Aug 24 2018
    Brief of respondent Jefferson B. Sessions, III, Attorney General in opposition filed.
  5. Aug 17 2018
    Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including August 24, 2018.
  6. Aug 16 2018
    Motion to extend the time to file a response from August 17, 2018 to August 24, 2018, submitted to The Clerk.
  7. Jul 12 2018
    Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including August 17, 2018.
  8. Jul 11 2018
    Motion to extend the time to file a response from July 18, 2018 to August 17, 2018, submitted to The Clerk.
  9. Jun 14 2018
    Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including July 18, 2018.
  10. Jun 13 2018
    Motion to extend the time to file a response from June 18, 2018 to July 18, 2018, submitted to The Clerk.
  11. May 14 2018
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due June 18, 2018)
  12. Mar 07 2018
    Application (17A942) granted by Justice Alito extending the time to file until May 14, 2018.
  13. Mar 01 2018
    Application (17A942) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from March 15, 2018 to May 14, 2018, submitted to Justice Alito.
  14. Mar 01 2018
    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.