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Moises Cruz Cruz v. Todd Blanche, Acting Attorney General

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, No. 22-1907 · judgment June 18, 2025


Certiorari denied · May 18, 2026
Pre-decision estimate: 1% 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
Paulina Nicole Vera
GWU Law School Immigration Clinic

For respondent
D. John Sauer
Solicitor General

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. May 18 2026
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Apr 22 2026
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/14/2026.
  3. Apr 03 2026
    Brief of respondent Pamela J. Bondi, Attorney General in opposition filed.
  4. Feb 23 2026
    Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including April 3, 2026.
  5. Feb 20 2026
    Motion to extend the time to file a response from March 4, 2026 to April 3, 2026, submitted to The Clerk.
  6. Jan 21 2026
    Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including March 4, 2026.
  7. Jan 20 2026
    Motion to extend the time to file a response from February 2, 2026 to March 4, 2026, submitted to The Clerk.
  8. Dec 31 2025
    Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including February 2, 2026.
  9. Dec 30 2025
    Motion to extend the time to file a response from January 2, 2026 to February 2, 2026, submitted to The Clerk.
  10. Nov 26 2025
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due January 2, 2026)
  11. Nov 26 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.