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Abdul Razak Ali v. Joseph R. Biden, Jr., President of the United States, et al.

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, No. 18-5297 · judgment May 15, 2020

Certiorari denied · May 17, 2021
Pre-decision estimate: 7% cert probability (95% interval 4%–11%)

Before the decision, about 1.7× the 4.1% base rate. The model weighted this up for a D.C. Circuit decision below, a petition citing three to ten dissents, and a dissent in the court below.

Question presented

Whether the Due Process Clause of the Constitution applies to the detentions of foreign nationals at Guantá- namo.

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Shayana Devendra Kadidal
Center for Constitutional Rights

For respondent
Brian H. Fletcher
Acting Solicitor General

Case

Subject area
Due Process (estimated from the questions presented, in the Supreme Court Database’s categories)

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Amicus briefs
1 cert-stage

Order
Order list, May 17, 2021 · Certiorari denied

Proceedings

  1. May 17 2021
    Petition DENIED. Justice Gorsuch and Justice Kavanaugh took no part in the consideration or decision of this petition.
  2. Apr 27 2021
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/13/2021.
  3. Apr 27 2021
    Motion of petitioner to defer consideration of the petition for a writ of certiorari filed.
  4. Apr 26 2021
    Reply of petitioner Abdul Razak Ali filed. (Distributed)
  5. Apr 12 2021
    Brief of respondents Joseph R. Biden, Jr., President of the United States, et al. in opposition filed.
  6. Apr 05 2021
    Motion to extend the time to file a response from April 5, 2021 to May 5, 2021, submitted to The Clerk.
  7. Apr 05 2021
    Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including May 5, 2021.
  8. Mar 04 2021
    Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including April 5, 2021.
  9. Mar 03 2021
    Motion to extend the time to file a response from March 5, 2021 to April 5, 2021, submitted to The Clerk.
  10. Feb 03 2021
    Brief amici curiae of Professors Eric Janus, Michael L. Perlin, Ira Ellman, Chrysanthi Leon, Wayne A. Logan filed.
  11. Jan 28 2021
    Motion to extend the time to file a response from February 3, 2021 to March 5, 2021, submitted to The Clerk.
  12. Jan 28 2021
    Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including March 5, 2021.
  13. Dec 28 2020
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due February 3, 2021)