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Rainey Muoka Mutua v. Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, No. 20-13129 · judgment January 5, 2022

Certiorari denied · April 18, 2022
Pre-decision estimate: 14% cert probability (95% interval 9%–20%)

Before the decision, about 3.3× the 4.1% base rate. The model weighted this up for a petition filed soon after the judgment below, counsel who has won certiorari before, and an Eleventh Circuit decision below.

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Ira J. Kurzban
Kurzban Kurzban Tetzeli & Pratt P.A.

For respondent
Elizabeth B. Prelogar
Solicitor General

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Apr 18 2022
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Mar 23 2022
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/14/2022.
  3. Mar 18 2022
    Waiver of right of respondent Garland, Att'y Gen. to respond filed.
    Main Document
  4. Feb 08 2022
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due March 18, 2022)
  5. Feb 08 2022
    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.