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Fernando Garcia Zuniga v. Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, No. 21-60873 · judgment January 24, 2022

Certiorari denied · June 6, 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

  1. Jun 06 2022
    Petition DENIED.
  2. May 17 2022
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/2/2022.
  3. May 10 2022
    Waiver of right of respondent Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General to respond filed.
    Main Document
  4. Apr 21 2022
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due May 25, 2022)
  5. Apr 21 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.