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Gerardo Mendoza Casillas v. Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, No. 21-60761 · judgment June 16, 2022

Certiorari denied · October 31, 2022
Pre-decision estimate: 7% cert probability (95% interval 5%–10%)

Before the decision, about 1.7× the 4.1% base rate. The model weighted this up for counsel with five or more prior petitions here, a Fifth Circuit decision below, 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

Order
Order list, October 31, 2022 · Certiorari denied

Proceedings

  1. Oct 31 2022
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Oct 05 2022
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/28/2022.
  3. Oct 03 2022
    Waiver of right of respondent Garland, Merrick to respond filed.
    Main Document
  4. Sep 13 2022
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due October 19, 2022)
  5. Sep 13 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.