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Phoebe Bochere Omwega, aka Phoebe Omwega v. Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, No. 19-60822 · judgment March 17, 2021


Certiorari denied · November 1, 2021
Pre-decision estimate: 10% cert probability (95% interval 7%–16%)

Before the decision, about 2.5× 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 who has filed here before.

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Katherine Booth Wellington
Hogan Lovells US LLP

For respondent
Brian H. Fletcher
Acting Solicitor General

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 2 conferences

Proceedings

  1. Nov 01 2021
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Oct 13 2021
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/29/2021.
  3. Oct 13 2021
    Reply of petitioner Phoebe Bochere Omwega filed. (Distributed)
  4. Sep 29 2021
    Brief of respondent Garland, Att'y Gen. in opposition filed.
  5. Aug 23 2021
    Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including September 29, 2021.
  6. Aug 20 2021
    Motion to extend the time to file a response from August 30, 2021 to September 29, 2021, submitted to The Clerk.
  7. Jul 12 2021
    Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including August 30, 2021.
  8. Jul 09 2021
    Motion to extend the time to file a response from July 14, 2021 to August 30, 2021, submitted to The Clerk.
  9. Jun 02 2021
    Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including July 14, 2021.
  10. Jun 01 2021
    Motion to extend the time to file a response from June 14, 2021 to July 14, 2021, submitted to The Clerk.
  11. May 13 2021
    Response Requested. (Due June 14, 2021)
  12. May 11 2021
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/27/2021.
  13. May 06 2021
    Waiver of right of respondent Garland, Att'y Gen. to respond filed.
  14. Apr 02 2021
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due May 6, 2021)
  15. Apr 02 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.