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Sebhat Afework v. Velanta Monique Babbitt, et al.

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, No. 18-56576 · judgment August 10, 2020

Certiorari denied · June 14, 2021
Pre-decision estimate: 3% cert probability

Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.

Question presented

The question presented is the same as that presented in BP p.l.c. v. Mayor & City Council of Baltimore, No. 19-1189 (to be argued Jan. 19, 2021): Whether 28 U.S.C. 1447(d) permits a court of appeals to review any issue encompassed in a district court’s order remanding a removed case to state court where the removal to federal court was premised in part on the federal officer removal statute, 28 U.S.C. 1442, or the civil rights removal statute, 28 U.S.C. 1443.

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Matthew S. Freedus
Powers Pyles Sutter & Verville PC

For respondent
Brian H. Fletcher
Acting Solicitor General

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Jun 14 2021
    Petition DENIED.
  2. May 25 2021
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/10/2021.
  3. May 20 2021
    Supplemental brief of petitioner Sebhat Afework filed.
  4. May 10 2021
    Response to petition from respondent United States filed.
  5. Apr 06 2021
    Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including May 10, 2021.
  6. Apr 05 2021
    Motion to extend the time to file a response from April 12, 2021 to May 10, 2021, submitted to The Clerk.
  7. Mar 15 2021
    Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including April 12, 2021, for all respondents.
  8. Mar 12 2021
    Motion to extend the time to file a response from March 12, 2021 to April 12, 2021, submitted to The Clerk.
  9. Feb 12 2021
    Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including March 12, 2021, for all respondents.
  10. Feb 10 2021
    Motion to extend the time to file a response from February 10, 2021 to March 12, 2021, submitted to The Clerk.
  11. Jan 07 2021
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due February 10, 2021)