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Melchor Munoz v. United States

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, No. 20-14688 · judgment November 8, 2021


Certiorari denied · April 25, 2022
Pre-decision estimate: 2% cert probability

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

Question presented

Whether – in a case where (1) the revocation of a criminal defendant’s citizenship is mandatory as a result of a plea to a criminal conviction but (2) the defendant was told during the plea proceeding only that the Government “might” seek revocation – the 28 U.S.C. § 2255 “date on which the facts supporting the claim presented could have been discovered through the exercise of due diligence” trigger per se begins to run on the date that the Government sends a letter indicating an intent to bring a revocation proceeding that does not specifically state that the revocation proceeding is mandatory rather than discretionary.

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Michael Robert Ufferman
Michael Ufferman Law Firm, P.A.

For respondent
Elizabeth B. Prelogar
Solicitor General

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Linked docket
21A363

Proceedings

  1. Apr 25 2022
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Apr 06 2022
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/22/2022.
  3. Mar 31 2022
    Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
  4. Mar 23 2022
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due April 28, 2022)
  5. Mar 04 2022
    Application (21A363) granted by Justice Thomas extending the time to file until March 23, 2022.
  6. Feb 23 2022
    Application (21A363) to extend further the time from March 8, 2022 to March 23, 2022, submitted to Justice Thomas.
  7. Feb 16 2022
    Application of Melchor Munoz for a further extension of time not accepted for filing. (February 16, 2022)
  8. Jan 25 2022
    Application (21A363) granted by Justice Thomas extending the time to file until March 8, 2022.
  9. Jan 21 2022
    Application (21A363) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from February 6, 2022 to March 9, 2022, submitted to Justice Thomas.