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Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General v. Rodrigo Acosta-Pena

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, No. 19-9557

Certiorari denied · May 3, 2021
Pre-decision estimate: 36% cert probability (95% interval 22%–53%)

Before the decision, about 8.7× the 4.1% base rate. The model weighted this up for a federal-government petitioner and counsel who has won certiorari 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 2 conferences

Proceedings

  1. May 03 2021
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Apr 14 2021
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/30/2021.
  3. Mar 25 2021
    Brief of respondent Rodrigo Acosta-Pena in opposition filed.
  4. Mar 03 2021
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/19/2021.
  5. Mar 03 2021
    Response Requested. (Due April 2, 2021)
  6. Jan 08 2021
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due February 10, 2021)
  7. Jan 08 2021
    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.