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Reza Heidari v. William P. Barr, Attorney General

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, No. 18-60543 · judgment January 7, 2020

GVR'd · November 16, 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
Stacy Tolchin

For respondent
Jeffrey B. Wall
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Dec 18 2020
    JUDGMENT ISSUED.
  2. Nov 16 2020
    Petition GRANTED. Judgment VACATED and case REMANDED for further consideration in light of Nasrallah v. Barr, 590 U. S. ___ (2020).
  3. Oct 28 2020
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/13/2020.
  4. Oct 09 2020
    Brief of respondent William P. Barr, Attorney General filed. (Docket entry updated 10/21/20 to reflect correct file date)
  5. Oct 02 2020
    Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including October 9, 2020.
  6. Sep 30 2020
    Motion to extend the time to file a response from October 8, 2020 to October 9, 2020, submitted to The Clerk.
  7. Aug 31 2020
    Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including October 8, 2020.
  8. Aug 28 2020
    Motion to extend the time to file a response from September 9, 2020 to October 8, 2020, submitted to The Clerk.
  9. Aug 05 2020
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due September 9, 2020)
  10. Aug 05 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.