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Rafael Gomez-Vargas v. Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, No. 20-60429 · judgment October 5, 2022

GVR'd · April 15, 2024
Pre-decision estimate: 2% 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
Jaime Ann Santos
Goodwin Procter LLP

For respondent
Elizabeth B. Prelogar
Solicitor General

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 5 conferences

Linked docket
22A548

Proceedings

  1. May 17 2024
    Judgment Issued.
    Main Document
  2. Apr 15 2024
    Petition GRANTED. Judgment VACATED and case REMANDED for further consideration in light of Wilkinson v. Garland, 601 U. S. ___ (2024).
  3. Apr 08 2024
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/12/2024.
  4. Mar 25 2024
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/28/2024.
  5. Jun 29 2023
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/29/2023.
  6. Jun 20 2023
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/22/2023.
  7. Jun 09 2023
    Rescheduled.
  8. May 30 2023
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/15/2023.
  9. May 30 2023
    Reply of petitioner Rafael Gomez-Vargas filed. (Distributed)
  10. May 15 2023
    Brief of respondent Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General filed.
  11. May 03 2023
    Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including May 15, 2023.
  12. May 02 2023
    Motion to extend the time to file a response from May 8, 2023 to May 15, 2023, submitted to The Clerk.
  13. Mar 31 2023
    Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including May 8, 2023.
  14. Mar 30 2023
    Motion to extend the time to file a response from April 7, 2023 to May 8, 2023, submitted to The Clerk.
    Main Document
  15. Feb 22 2023
    Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including April 7, 2023.
  16. Feb 21 2023
    Motion to extend the time to file a response from March 8, 2023 to April 7, 2023, submitted to The Clerk.
  17. Feb 02 2023
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due March 8, 2023)
  18. Dec 21 2022
    Application (22A548) granted by Justice Alito extending the time to file until February 2, 2023.
  19. Dec 16 2022
    Application (22A548) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from January 3, 2023 to February 2, 2023, submitted to Justice Alito.
  20. Dec 16 2022
    Pursuant to Rule 34.6 and Paragraph 9 of the Guidelines for the Submission of Documents to the Supreme Court's Electronic Filiing System, filings in this case should be submitted in paper form only, and should not be submitted through the Court's electronic filing system.