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Santiago Alejandro Diaz-Esparza v. Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, No. 19-60699 · judgment January 17, 2022

Certiorari denied · October 3, 2022

Pre-decision estimate: 4% cert probability

Before the decision, roughly the 4.1% base rate. The model weighted this up for a Fifth Circuit decision below, counsel with five or more prior petitions here, and a petition filed soon after the judgment below.

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Raed Gonzalez
Gonzalez Olivieri, LLC

For respondent
Elizabeth B. Prelogar
Solicitor General

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

Oct 03 2022
Petition DENIED.
Aug 31 2022
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/28/2022.
Aug 17 2022
Brief of respondent Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General in opposition filed.
Jul 07 2022
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including August 17, 2022.
Jul 06 2022
Motion to extend the time to file a response from July 18, 2022 to August 17, 2022, submitted to The Clerk.
Main Document
Jun 07 2022
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including July 18, 2022.
Jun 06 2022
Motion to extend the time to file a response from June 17, 2022 to July 18, 2022, submitted to The Clerk.
Apr 29 2022
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including June 17, 2022.
Apr 28 2022
Motion to extend the time to file a response from May 18, 2022 to June 17, 2022, submitted to The Clerk.
Apr 14 2022
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due May 18, 2022)
Apr 14 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.