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Jorge Armando Ayala Chapa v. Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, No. 21-60039 · judgment February 20, 2023

GVR'd · October 2, 2023

Pre-decision estimate: 1% cert probability

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

For petitioner
Luis Alberto Cortes Romero
Novo Legal Group, PLLC

For respondent
Elizabeth B. Prelogar
Solicitor General

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Linked docket
22A994

Proceedings

Nov 03 2023
Judgment issued.
Main Document
Oct 02 2023
Petition GRANTED. Judgment VACATED and case REMANDED for further consideration in light of Santos-Zacaria v. Garland, 598 U. S. ___ (2023).
Sep 06 2023
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/26/2023.
Aug 23 2023
Memorandum of respondent Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General filed.
Jul 26 2023
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including August 23, 2023.
Jul 24 2023
Motion to extend the time to file a response from July 24, 2023 to August 23, 2023, submitted to The Clerk.
Jun 20 2023
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due July 24, 2023)
May 16 2023
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.
May 15 2023
Application (22A994) granted by Justice Alito extending the time to file until June 20, 2023.
May 12 2023
Application (22A994) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from May 21, 2023 to July 20, 2023, submitted to Justice Alito.