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Tua Mene Lebie Bakor v. Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, No. 18-3011 · judgment May 7, 2020

Certiorari denied · April 26, 2021
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
Elaine Janet Goldenberg
Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP

For respondent
Brian H. Fletcher
Acting Solicitor General

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Amicus briefs
1 cert-stage

Proceedings

  1. Apr 26 2021
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Apr 07 2021
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/23/2021.
  3. Apr 06 2021
    Reply of petitioner Tua Mene Lebie Bakor filed. (Distributed)
  4. Mar 22 2021
    Brief of respondent Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General in opposition filed.
  5. Mar 19 2021
    Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including March 22, 2021.
  6. Mar 18 2021
    Motion to extend the time to file a response from March 19, 2021 to March 22, 2021, submitted to The Clerk.
  7. Feb 05 2021
    Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including March 19, 2021.
  8. Feb 04 2021
    Motion to extend the time to file a response from February 22, 2021 to March 19, 2021, submitted to The Clerk.
  9. Jan 15 2021
    Brief amicus curiae of 16 Immigration Law Professors filed.
  10. Jan 14 2021
    Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including February 22, 2021.
  11. Jan 13 2021
    Motion to extend the time to file a response from January 21, 2021 to February 22, 2021, submitted to The Clerk.
  12. Dec 17 2020
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due January 21, 2021)
  13. Dec 17 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.