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Sandra Lorena Hernandez-Ortez, et al. v. Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, No. 22-10561 · judgment June 6, 2022

Certiorari denied · January 9, 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.

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Raffi Melkonian
Wright Close & Barger, LLP

For respondent
Elizabeth B. Prelogar
Solicitor General

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Jan 09 2023
    Motion for leave to file amicus brief filed by American Gateways GRANTED.
  2. Jan 09 2023
    Petition DENIED.
  3. Dec 14 2022
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/6/2023.
  4. Dec 12 2022
    Motion for leave to file amicus brief filed by American Gateways. (Distributed)
  5. Dec 07 2022
    Waiver of right of respondent Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General to respond filed.
    Main Document
  6. Nov 07 2022
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due December 12, 2022)
  7. Nov 07 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.