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Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General v. Fernando Reyes-Luevanos

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, No. 19-9545 · judgment October 30, 2020

Certiorari denied · May 24, 2021
Pre-decision estimate: 18% cert probability (95% interval 11%–28%)

Before the decision, about 4.4× the 4.1% base rate. The model weighted this up for a federal-government petitioner, counsel who has won certiorari before, and a Tenth Circuit decision below.

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Brian H. Fletcher
Acting Solicitor General

For respondent
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Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. May 24 2021
    Petition DENIED.
  2. May 04 2021
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/20/2021.
  3. Mar 12 2021
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due April 12, 2021)
  4. Mar 12 2021
    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.