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Hernel Silais v. Jefferson B. Sessions, III, Attorney General

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, No. 15-3277 · judgment April 28, 2017

Certiorari denied · February 20, 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.

For petitioner
Geoffrey Heeren

For respondent
Noel John Francisco
Jones Day

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

Feb 20 2018
Petition DENIED.
Jan 24 2018
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/16/2018.
Jan 22 2018
Reply of petitioner Hernel Silais filed. (Distributed)
Jan 05 2018
Brief of respondent Jefferson B. Sessions in opposition filed.
Nov 21 2017
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including January 5, 2018
Nov 20 2017
Motion to extend the time to file a response from November 29, 2017 to January 5, 2018, submitted to The Clerk.
Nov 13 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.
Oct 25 2017
Order extending time to file response to petition to and including November 29, 2017.
Sep 25 2017
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due October 30, 2017)