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Melvin Alexis Cortez-Ramirez v. Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General
Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, No. 19-60553 · judgment June 4, 2021
Certiorari denied · January 10, 2022
Pre-decision estimate: 3% cert probability
Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.
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
- Jan 10 2022Petition DENIED.
- Dec 08 2021DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/7/2022.
- Dec 07 2021Reply of petitioner Melvin Alexis Cortez-Ramirez filed. (Distributed)
- Nov 22 2021Brief of respondent Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General in opposition filed.
- Oct 13 2021Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including November 22, 2021.
- Oct 12 2021Motion to extend the time to file a response from October 21, 2021 to November 22, 2021, submitted to The Clerk.
- Sep 17 2021Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due October 21, 2021)
- Sep 17 2021Pursuant 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.