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Derick Donovan Roberts, aka Cypress Roberts v. Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, No. 19-2687 · judgment March 4, 2021

Certiorari denied · December 13, 2021
Pre-decision estimate: 4% cert probability

Before the decision, roughly the 4.1% base rate. The model weighted this up for counsel who has won certiorari before and a Second Circuit decision below.

Counsel of record

For petitioner
E. Joshua Rosenkranz
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

For respondent
Elizabeth B. Prelogar
Solicitor General

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Dec 13 2021
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Nov 23 2021
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/10/2021.
  3. Nov 23 2021
    Reply of petitioner Derick Donovan Roberts filed. (Distributed)
  4. Nov 03 2021
    Brief of respondent Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General in opposition filed.
  5. Sep 21 2021
    Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including November 3, 2021.
  6. Sep 20 2021
    Motion to extend the time to file a response from October 4, 2021 to November 3, 2021, submitted to The Clerk.
    Main Document
  7. Aug 25 2021
    Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including October 4, 2021.
  8. Aug 24 2021
    Motion to extend the time to file a response from September 3, 2021 to October 4, 2021, submitted to The Clerk.
  9. Aug 02 2021
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due September 3, 2021)
  10. Aug 02 2021
    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.