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Estela Mabel Argueta Romero v. Alejandro N. Mayorkas, Secretary of Homeland Security, et al.

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, No. 20-12487 · judgment December 20, 2021


Certiorari denied · June 27, 2022
Pre-decision estimate: 17% cert probability (95% interval 11%–24%)

Before the decision, about 4.1× the 4.1% base rate. The model weighted this up for counsel who has won certiorari before, a petition filed soon after the judgment below, and a circuit split argued in the petition.

Question presented

Whether a noncitizen who leaves the United States after receiving notice to appear at a removal hearing, but before receiving an order of removal, is considered “removed” under 8 U.S.C. 1101(g).

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Kannon K. Shanmugam
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP

For respondent
Elizabeth B. Prelogar
Solicitor General

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Jun 27 2022
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Jun 07 2022
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/23/2022.
  3. Jun 07 2022
    Reply of petitioner Estela Mabel Argueta Romero filed. (Distributed)
  4. May 24 2022
    Brief of respondents Alejandro N. Mayorkas, Secretary of Homeland Security, et al. in opposition filed.
  5. May 05 2022
    Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including May 24, 2022.
  6. May 04 2022
    Motion to extend the time to file a response from May 9, 2022 to May 24, 2022, submitted to The Clerk.
  7. Mar 16 2022
    Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including May 9, 2022.
  8. Mar 15 2022
    Motion to extend the time to file a response from April 7, 2022 to May 9, 2022, submitted to The Clerk.
  9. Mar 04 2022
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due April 7, 2022)