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Animal Legal Defense Fund, et al. v. Department of Homeland Security, et al.

Paid petition · United States District Court for the Southern District of California, No. 17-cv-1215 · judgment March 26, 2018

Certiorari denied · December 3, 2018
Pre-decision estimate: 0% 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
Thomas Mark Bondy
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

For respondent
Noel John Francisco
Jones Day

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Amicus briefs
2 cert-stage

Linked docket
17A1239

Proceedings

  1. Dec 03 2018
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Nov 13 2018
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/30/2018.
  3. Nov 12 2018
    Reply of petitioners Animal Legal Defense Fund, et al. filed.
  4. Oct 29 2018
    Brief of Federal Respondents in opposition filed.
  5. Sep 27 2018
    Brief amicus curiae of The Cato Institute filed.
  6. Sep 27 2018
    Brief amici curiae of Nine Members of the U.S. House of Representatives filed.
  7. Sep 20 2018
    Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including October 29, 2018.
  8. Sep 19 2018
    Motion to extend the time to file a response from September 27, 2018 to October 29, 2018, submitted to The Clerk.
  9. Aug 23 2018
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due September 27, 2018)
  10. May 10 2018
    Application (17A1239) granted by Justice Kennedy extending the time to file until August 23, 2018.
  11. May 07 2018
    Application (17A1239) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from June 24, 2018 to August 23, 2018, submitted to Justice Kennedy.
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