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Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General v. Hector Emiliano Portillo Martinez

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, No. 19-9584 · judgment April 30, 2020

Certiorari denied · May 3, 2021
Pre-decision estimate: 8% cert probability (95% interval 5%–14%)

Before the decision, about 2× the 4.1% base rate. The model weighted this up for a federal-government petitioner, a Tenth Circuit decision below, and counsel who has filed here before.

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Brian H. Fletcher
Acting Solicitor General

For respondent
Christine Marie Hernandez
Hernandez & Associates, PC

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 3 conferences

Proceedings

  1. May 03 2021
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Apr 29 2021
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/30/2021.
  3. Feb 24 2021
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/19/2021.
  4. Feb 10 2021
    Brief of respondent Hector Emiliano Portillo Martinez in opposition filed.
  5. Dec 17 2020
    Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including February 12, 2021.
  6. Dec 16 2020
    Motion to extend the time to file a response from December 31, 2020 to February 12, 2021, submitted to The Clerk.
  7. Dec 01 2020
    Response Requested. (Due December 31, 2020)
  8. Nov 10 2020
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/4/2020.
  9. Sep 25 2020
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due October 26, 2020)
  10. Sep 25 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.