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Juan Jose Garcia Morin v. Todd Blanche, Acting Attorney General
Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, No. 24-60590 · judgment September 12, 2025
Certiorari denied · April 20, 2026
Pre-decision estimate: 8% cert probability (95% interval 5%–11%)
Before the decision, about 1.9× the 4.1% base rate. The model weighted this up for counsel who has won certiorari before, a Fifth Circuit decision below, and a petition filed soon after the judgment below.
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Raed Gonzalez
GONZALEZ OLIVIERI, LLC
For respondent
D. John Sauer
Solicitor General
Case
Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference
Proceedings
- Apr 20 2026Petition DENIED.
- Apr 01 2026DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/17/2026.
- Mar 13 2026Brief of respondent Pamela Bondi, Attorney General, in opposition filed.
- Feb 04 2026Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including March 13, 2026.
- Feb 03 2026Motion to extend the time to file a response from February 11, 2026 to March 13, 2026, submitted to The Clerk.
- Jan 12 2026Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including February 11, 2026.
- Jan 08 2026Motion to extend the time to file a response from January 12, 2026 to February 11, 2026, submitted to The Clerk.
- Dec 10 2025Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due January 12, 2026)
- Dec 10 2025Pursuant 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.