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Malik Akbar Bhai, aka Malik Akbarbhai Virani, aka Malik Akbar-Bhai Virani, aka Malik Abbar-Bhai Virani, et al. v. William P. Barr, Attorney General

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, No. 19-60451 · judgment March 31, 2020

Certiorari denied · October 19, 2020
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
Simon Azar-Farr
Simon Azar-Farr & Assoc., P.C.

For respondent
Jeffrey B. Wall
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Oct 19 2020
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Oct 01 2020
    Reply of petitioner Malik Akbar Bhai filed. (Distributed)
  3. Sep 30 2020
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/16/2020.
  4. Sep 16 2020
    Memorandum of respondent William P. Barr, Attorney General in opposition filed.
  5. Sep 11 2020
    Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including September 16, 2020.
  6. Sep 10 2020
    Motion to extend the time to file a response from September 14, 2020 to September 16, 2020, submitted to The Clerk.
  7. Aug 06 2020
    Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including September 14, 2020
  8. Aug 05 2020
    Motion to extend the time to file a response from August 14, 2020 to September 14, 2020, submitted to The Clerk.
  9. Jul 08 2020
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due August 14, 2020)
  10. Jul 08 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.