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