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Istvan Szonyi v. William P. Barr, Attorney General

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, No. 15-73514 · judgment November 13, 2019

Certiorari denied · October 5, 2020
Pre-decision estimate: 1% 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
David Timothy Raimer
Jones Day

For respondent
Jeffrey B. Wall
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Linked docket
19A816

Proceedings

  1. Oct 05 2020
    Motion for leave to file amicus brief filed by Pacific Legal Foundation GRANTED.
  2. Oct 05 2020
    Petition DENIED.
  3. Aug 05 2020
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2020.
  4. Aug 04 2020
    Reply of petitioner Istvan Szonyi filed. (Distributed)
  5. Jul 17 2020
    Brief of respondent William P. Barr, Attorney General in opposition filed.
  6. Jun 15 2020
    Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including July 17, 2020.
  7. Jun 12 2020
    Motion to extend the time to file a response from June 17, 2020 to July 17, 2020, submitted to The Clerk.
  8. May 18 2020
    Motion for leave to file amicus brief filed by Pacific Legal Foundation.
  9. May 11 2020
    Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including June 17, 2020.
  10. May 08 2020
    Motion to extend the time to file a response from May 18, 2020 to June 17, 2020, submitted to The Clerk.
  11. Apr 10 2020
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due May 18, 2020)
  12. Jan 24 2020
    Application (19A816) granted by Justice Kagan extending the time to file until April 10, 2020.
  13. Jan 22 2020
    Application (19A816) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from February 11, 2020 to April 10, 2020, submitted to Justice Kagan.
  14. Jan 22 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 filing system.