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

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, No. 16-3234 · judgment October 11, 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
Robert N. Hochman
Sidley Austin, LLP

For respondent
Noel John Francisco
Jones Day

Conference history
Distributed for 2 conferences

Amicus briefs
1 cert-stage

Proceedings

Jun 18 2018
Petition DENIED.
May 29 2018
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/14/2018.
May 25 2018
Reply of petitioner Cirilo Garcia Garcia filed.
May 14 2018
Brief of respondent Jefferson B. Sessions, III, Attorney General in opposition filed.
Apr 06 2018
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including May 14, 2018
Apr 05 2018
Motion to extend the time to file a response from April 12, 2018 to May 14, 2018, submitted to The Clerk.
Mar 13 2018
Response Requested. (Due April 12, 2018)
Mar 12 2018
Letter of March 12, 2018 from counsel for petitioner received. (Distributed)
Feb 28 2018
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/16/2018.
Feb 12 2018
Brief amici curiae of Scholars of Immigration and International Law filed.
Jan 26 2018
Waiver of right of respondent Jefferson B. Sessions, III, Attorney General to respond filed.
Jan 17 2018
Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs, in support of either party or of neither party, received from counsel for petitioner Cirilo Garcia Garcia.
Jan 09 2018
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due February 12, 2018)
Jan 09 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.