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Eleazar Corral Valenzuela v. United States

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, No. 18-2789 · judgment July 26, 2019


Certiorari denied · November 25, 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.

Questions presented

  1. Whether the equitable doctrine of laches applies in civil denaturalization proceedings?

  2. Whether the District Court erred in refusing Petitioner’s request for discovery and a hearing on potentially dispositive Constitutional issues prior to granting the Government’s Rule 12(c) Summary Judgment Motion?

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Stephen Erhard Eberhardt
Attorney at Law

For respondent
Noel John Francisco
Jones Day

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Nov 25 2019
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Nov 06 2019
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/22/2019.
  3. Oct 30 2019
    Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
  4. Oct 04 2019
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due November 7, 2019)