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Robert Figueroa-Diaz v. Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, No. 19-60319 · judgment July 17, 2020


GVR'd · May 3, 2021
Pre-decision estimate: 4% cert probability

Before the decision, roughly the 4.1% base rate. The model weighted this up for a Fifth Circuit decision below, counsel with five or more prior petitions here, and a petition filed soon after the judgment below.

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Raed Gonzalez
Gonzalez Olivieri, LLC

For respondent
Brian H. Fletcher
Acting Solicitor General

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 2 conferences

Proceedings

  1. Jun 04 2021
    JUDGMENT ISSUED.
  2. May 03 2021
    Petition GRANTED. Judgment VACATED and case REMANDED for further consideration in light of Niz-Chavez v. Garland, 593 U. S. ___ (2021).
  3. Apr 29 2021
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/30/2021.
  4. Jan 06 2021
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/22/2021.
  5. Dec 21 2020
    Memorandum of respondent Jeffrey A. Rosen, Acting Attorney General filed.
  6. Nov 17 2020
    Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including December 21, 2020.
  7. Nov 16 2020
    Motion to extend the time to file a response from November 19, 2020 to December 21, 2020, submitted to The Clerk.
  8. Oct 15 2020
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due November 19, 2020)
  9. Oct 15 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.