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Benancio Garcia, III, Appellant v. Steven Hobbs, Secretary of State of Washington, et al.
Paid petition · United States District Court for the Western District of Washington, No. 3:22-cv-05152-RSLDGE-LJCV · judgment September 8, 2023
GVR'd · February 20, 2024
Pre-decision estimate: 44% cert probability (95% interval 25%–65%)
Before the decision, about 10.7× the 4.1% base rate. The model weighted this up for a direct appeal from a three-judge district court (mandatory jurisdiction), a petition filed soon after the judgment below, and counsel with five or more prior petitions here, and down for a state or local-government respondent.
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Jason Brett Torchinsky
Holtzman Vogel Baran Torchinsky Josefiak PLLC
For respondent
Noah Guzzo Purcell
Office of the Attorney General
Case
Conference history
Distributed for 3 conferences
Amicus briefs
1 cert-stage
Proceedings
- Mar 25 2024Judgment Issued.
- Feb 20 2024Judgment VACATED and case REMANDED to the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington with instructions to enter a fresh judgment from which an appeal may be taken to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
- Feb 09 2024DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/16/2024.
- Jan 03 2024DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/19/2024.
- Dec 28 2023Brief opposing motion to dismiss or affirm filed by appellant Benancio Garcia, III.
- Dec 28 2023Waiver of the 14-day waiting period for the distribution of the jurisdictional statement pursuant to Rule 18.7 filed by appellant.
- Dec 22 2023Motion to dismiss or affirm filed by appellee Washington.
- Dec 21 2023Brief amici curiae of Susan Soto Palmer, et al. filed.
- Dec 11 2023Motion for leave to intervene filed by Susan Soto Palmer, et al. DENIED.
- Dec 01 2023Correction to Appendix of Benancio Garcia, III submitted.
- Nov 21 2023Motion DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/8/2023.
- Nov 20 2023Reply to response to motion for leave to intervene of Susan Soto Palmer, Faviola Lopez, Alberto Macias, Heliodora Morfin, and Caty Padilla filed.
- Nov 14 2023Response to motion for leave to intervene from appellant filed.
- Nov 09 2023Motion for leave to intervene filed by Susan Soto Palmer, Faviola Lopez, Alberto Macias, Heliodora Morfin, and Caty Padilla.
- Nov 06 2023Response to motion to extend the time to file a motion to dismiss or affirm from appellant filed.
- Nov 06 2023Motion to extend the time to file a response to the jurisdictional statement is granted in part and the time is extended to and including December 27, 2023, for all appellees.
- Nov 03 2023Motion to extend the time to file a motion to dismiss or affirm from December 4, 2023 to February 2, 2024, submitted to The Clerk.
- Oct 31 2023Statement as to jurisdiction filed. (Response due December 4, 2023)