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Alma Aracely Castaneda-Martinez v. Pamela Bondi, Attorney General
Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, No. 21-10115 · judgment November 13, 2024
Certiorari denied · April 21, 2025
Pre-decision estimate: 9% cert probability (95% interval 5%–14%)
Before the decision, about 2.1× the 4.1% base rate. The model weighted this up for a petition filed soon after the judgment below, counsel with five or more prior petitions here, and an Eleventh Circuit decision below.
Counsel of record
For petitioner
R. Trent McCotter
Boyden Gray PLLC
For respondent
D. John Sauer
Solicitor General
Case
Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference
Amicus briefs
1 cert-stage
Proceedings
- Apr 21 2025Petition DENIED.
- Apr 01 2025DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/17/2025.
- Apr 01 2025Reply of petitioner Alma A. Castaneda-Martinez filed. (Distributed)
- Mar 28 2025Waiver of the 14-day waiting period for the distribution of the petition pursuant to Rule 15.5 filed by petitioner.
- Mar 21 2025Brief of respondent Pamela Bondi, Attorney General in opposition filed.
- Feb 19 2025Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including March 21, 2025.
- Feb 18 2025Motion to extend the time to file a response from February 20, 2025 to March 21, 2025, submitted to The Clerk.
- Jan 21 2025Brief amicus curiae of Cato Institute filed.
- Jan 13 2025Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including February 20, 2025.
- Jan 10 2025Motion to extend the time to file a response from January 21, 2025 to February 20, 2025, submitted to The Clerk.
- Dec 17 2024Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due January 21, 2025)
- Dec 17 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.