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Sabino Zuniga-Ayala v. Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General
Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, No. 23-60118 · judgment April 8, 2024
Certiorari denied · December 9, 2024
Pre-decision estimate: 5% cert probability (95% interval 4%–8%)
Before the decision, modestly above the 4.1% base rate. The model weighted this up for counsel who has won certiorari before and a Fifth Circuit decision below, and down for a petition filed soon after the judgment below.
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Pamela Susan Karlan
Stanford Law School Supreme Court Litigation Clini
For respondent
Elizabeth B. Prelogar
Solicitor General
Proceedings
- Dec 09 2024Petition DENIED.
- Nov 20 2024Reply of petitioner Sabino Zuniga-Ayala filed. (Distributed)
- Nov 19 2024DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/6/2024.
- Oct 31 2024Brief of respondent Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General in opposition filed.
- Sep 23 2024Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including October 31, 2024.
- Sep 20 2024Motion to extend the time to file a response from September 30, 2024 to October 31, 2024, submitted to The Clerk.
- Aug 26 2024Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including September 30, 2024.
- Aug 22 2024Motion to extend the time to file a response from August 30, 2024 to September 30, 2024, submitted to The Clerk.
- Jul 29 2024Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due August 30, 2024)
- Jun 28 2024Application (23A1166) granted by Justice Alito extending the time to file until August 6, 2024.
- Jun 25 2024Application (23A1166) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from July 7, 2024 to August 7, 2024, submitted to Justice Alito.
- Jun 25 2024Pursuant 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.