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Augustin Zambrano v. United States

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, No. 18-1292 · judgment October 11, 2018


Certiorari denied · October 7, 2019
Pre-decision estimate: 1% cert probability

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

Question presented

Should this Court grant certiorari to make explicit that in ruling on a request for certificates of appealability, an appellate court must apply the appropriate COA standard, and direct that appellate courts employ the proper phrasing of that standard in such rulings?

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Patrick W. Blegen
Blegen and Garvey

For respondent
Noel John Francisco
Jones Day

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Linked docket
18A916

Proceedings

  1. Oct 07 2019
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Jun 12 2019
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/1/2019.
  3. Jun 07 2019
    Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
  4. May 31 2019
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due July 5, 2019)
  5. Mar 12 2019
    Application (18A916) granted by Justice Kagan extending the time to file until May 31, 2019.
  6. Mar 07 2019
    Application (18A916) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from April 3, 2019 to May 31, 2019, submitted to Justice Kagan.