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Walter Maldonado-Magno, et al. v. Pamela Bondi, Attorney General

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, No. 23-9604 · judgment November 6, 2024


Certiorari denied · March 23, 2026
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

For respondent
D. John Sauer
Solicitor General

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 3 conferences

Amicus briefs
1 cert-stage

Proceedings

  1. Mar 23 2026
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Mar 16 2026
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/20/2026.
  3. Jun 23 2025
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/26/2025.
  4. Jun 03 2025
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/18/2025.
  5. May 30 2025
    Reply of petitioners Walter Maldonado-Magno, et al. filed. (Distributed)
  6. May 16 2025
    Brief of respondent Pamela Bondi, Attorney General in opposition filed.
  7. Apr 11 2025
    Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including May 16, 2025.
  8. Apr 10 2025
    Motion to extend the time to file a response from April 21, 2025 to May 16, 2025, submitted to The Clerk.
  9. Mar 20 2025
    Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including April 21, 2025.
  10. Mar 18 2025
    Motion to extend the time to file a response from March 31, 2025 to April 21, 2025, submitted to The Clerk.
  11. Feb 27 2025
    Brief amicus curiae of American Gateways filed.
  12. Feb 14 2025
    Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including March 31, 2025.
  13. Feb 12 2025
    Motion to extend the time to file a response from February 27, 2025 to March 31, 2025, submitted to The Clerk.
  14. Jan 24 2025
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due February 27, 2025)
  15. Jan 24 2025
    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.