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Joseph Ebu v. United States Citizenship and Immigration Services, et al.

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, No. 24-5431 · judgment April 16, 2025


Certiorari denied · January 12, 2026
Pre-decision estimate: 3% 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
Vincent Levy
Holwell Shuster & Goldberg LLP

For respondent
D. John Sauer
Solicitor General

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Jan 12 2026
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Dec 29 2025
    Reply of petitioner Joseph Ebu filed. (Distributed)
  3. Dec 23 2025
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/9/2026.
  4. Dec 22 2025
    Brief of respondents United States Citizenship and Immigration Services, et al. in opposition filed.
  5. Dec 16 2025
    Waiver of the 14-day waiting period for the distribution of the petition pursuant to Rule 15.5 filed by petitioner.
  6. Dec 15 2025
    Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including December 22, 2025.
  7. Dec 11 2025
    Motion to extend the time to file a response from December 17, 2025 to December 22, 2025, submitted to The Clerk.
  8. Nov 05 2025
    Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including December 17, 2025.
  9. Nov 04 2025
    Motion to extend the time to file a response from November 17, 2025 to December 17, 2025, submitted to The Clerk.
  10. Oct 14 2025
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due November 17, 2025)
  11. Oct 14 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.