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Philip L. Rhoney, Acting Director of the Buffalo Field Office of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement v. Ricardo Aparecido Barbosa da Cunha
Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, No. 25-3141 · judgment April 28, 2026
37%
estimated cert probability
(petition-stage, structural)
(petition-stage, structural)
95% interval 28%–48%
About 9.1× the 4.1% base rate. The model weights this up for a federal-government petitioner, counsel who has won certiorari before, and a Second Circuit decision below.
Counsel of record
For petitioner
D. John Sauer
Solicitor General
For respondent
Michael King Thomas Tan
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation
Case
Conference history
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Proceedings
- Aug 21 2026Response to petition from respondent Ricardo Aparecido Barbosa da Cunha filed.
- Jul 23 2026Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due August 24, 2026)
- Jul 23 2026Pursuant 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.