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Jorge Alberto Becerra Ortiz v. Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, No. 21-60667 · judgment December 5, 2022

GVR'd · April 15, 2024
Pre-decision estimate: 5% cert probability

Before the decision, roughly the 4.1% base rate. The model weighted this up for counsel who has won certiorari before and a Fifth Circuit decision below.

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Jaime Ann Santos
Goodwin Procter LLP

For respondent
Elizabeth B. Prelogar
Solicitor General

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 3 conferences

Linked docket
22A985

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. Sep 20 2023
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/6/2023.
  6. Sep 06 2023
    Memorandum of respondent Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General filed.
  7. Aug 04 2023
    Motion to extend the time to file a response from August 7, 2023 to September 6, 2023, submitted to The Clerk.
  8. Aug 04 2023
    Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including September 6, 2023
  9. Jul 05 2023
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due August 7, 2023)
  10. Jun 05 2023
    Application (22A985) granted by Justice Alito extending the time to file until July 5, 2023.
  11. Jun 01 2023
    Application (22A985) to extend further the time from June 14, 2023 to July 5, 2023, submitted to Justice Alito.
  12. May 11 2023
    Application (22A985) granted by Justice Alito extending the time to file until June 14, 2023.
  13. May 02 2023
    Application (22A985) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from May 15, 2023 to June 14, 2023, submitted to Justice Alito.
  14. May 02 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.