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Faisal Ashraf v. United States

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, No. 24-5604 · judgment June 16, 2025


Certiorari denied · November 10, 2025
Pre-decision estimate: 0% cert probability

Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.

Question presented

Whether this Court should grant, vacate, and remand the Ninth Circuit’s denial of a certificate of appealability for the plainly substantial issue of an intervening change in law rendering the admitted conduct in connection with a plea agreement noncriminal is an actionable due-process violation?

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Faisal Ashraf

For respondent
D. John Sauer
Solicitor General

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Nov 10 2025
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Oct 15 2025
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/7/2025.
  3. Oct 10 2025
    Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
  4. Sep 12 2025
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due November 3, 2025)