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Erika Jisela Yanez-Pena v. Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, No. 19-60464 · judgment February 28, 2020

GVR'd · May 3, 2021
Pre-decision estimate: 10% cert probability (95% interval 6%–15%)

Before the decision, about 2.4× the 4.1% base rate. The model weighted this up for a petition filed soon after the judgment below, a Fifth Circuit decision below, and counsel with five or more prior petitions here.

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Raed Gonzalez
Gonzalez Olivieri, LLC

For respondent
Brian H. Fletcher
Acting Solicitor General

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 2 conferences

Amicus briefs
2 cert-stage

Proceedings

  1. Jun 04 2021
    JUDGMENT ISSUED.
  2. May 03 2021
    Petition GRANTED. Judgment VACATED and case REMANDED for further consideration in light of Niz-Chavez v. Garland, 593 U. S. ___ (2021).
  3. Apr 29 2021
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/30/2021.
  4. Jul 29 2020
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2020.
  5. Jul 24 2020
    Reply of petitioner Erika Jisela Yanez-Pena filed.
  6. Jul 10 2020
    Memorandum of respondent William P. Barr, Attorney General filed.
  7. Jun 08 2020
    Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including July 10, 2020.
  8. Jun 05 2020
    Motion to extend the time to file a response from June 10, 2020 to July 10, 2020, submitted to The Clerk.
  9. May 11 2020
    Brief amici curiae of Thirty-Six Former Immigration Judges and Members of the Board of Immigration Appeals filed.
  10. May 11 2020
    Brief amicus curiae of Immigrant Advocates Response Collaborative filed.
  11. May 04 2020
    Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including June 10, 2020.
  12. May 01 2020
    Motion to extend the time to file a response from May 11, 2020 to June 10, 2020, submitted to The Clerk.
  13. Apr 08 2020
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due May 11, 2020)
  14. Apr 08 2020
    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 filng system.