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Jian Chen v. Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, No. 19-3563 · judgment January 30, 2020

GVR'd · May 3, 2021
Pre-decision estimate: 2% 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
Margaret W. Wong
Margaret W. Wong & Associates LLC

For respondent
Brian H. Fletcher
Acting Solicitor General

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 2 conferences

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. Aug 12 2020
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2020.
  5. Jul 24 2020
    Memorandum of respondent William P. Barr, Attorney General filed.
  6. Jul 20 2020
    Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including July 24, 2020.
  7. Jul 17 2020
    Motion to extend the time to file a response from July 20, 2020 to July 24, 2020, submitted to The Clerk.
  8. Jun 11 2020
    Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including July 20, 2020.
  9. Jun 10 2020
    Motion to extend the time to file a response from June 18, 2020 to July 20, 2020, submitted to The Clerk.
  10. May 19 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.
  11. May 14 2020
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due June 18, 2020)