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Baoming Chen v. Markwayne Mullin, Secretary of Homeland Security, et al.

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, No. 24-2058 · judgment May 22, 2025


Certiorari denied · March 30, 2026
Pre-decision estimate: 4% cert probability

Before the decision, roughly the 4.1% base rate. The model weighted this up for counsel who has won certiorari before and a Second Circuit decision below.

Questions presented

  1. Whether a claim alleging unreasonable agency delay under 5 U.S.C. § 706(1) becomes nonjusticiable when the Government takes the delayed action while the case is pending on appeal.

  2. Whether courts should adjudicate unreasonabledelay claims under 5 U.S.C. § 706(1) using the six-factor framework set forth in Telecommunications Research & Action Center v. FCC (TRAC), 750 F.2d 70 (D.C. Cir. 1984), or instead apply the APA’s text as written. (i)

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Andrew Timothy Tutt
Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer

For respondent
D. John Sauer
Solicitor General

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Linked docket
25A564

Proceedings

  1. Mar 30 2026
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Mar 11 2026
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/27/2026.
  3. Mar 09 2026
    Waiver of right of respondent Noem, Sec. of Homeland, et al., et al. to respond filed.
  4. Feb 09 2026
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due March 13, 2026)
  5. Nov 14 2025
    Application (25A564) granted by Justice Sotomayor extending the time to file until February 9, 2026.
  6. Nov 12 2025
    Application (25A564) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from December 9, 2025 to February 7, 2026, submitted to Justice Sotomayor.