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Rene Acosta-Tapia v. Todd Blanche, Attorney General

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, No. 25-2460 · judgment January 15, 2026

1%
estimated cert probability
(petition-stage, structural)
GVR risk 0%

Well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Siovhan Sheridan Ayala
Ayala Law Office, PC

For respondent
D. John Sauer
Solicitor General

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Aug 19 2026
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/28/2026.
  2. Aug 14 2026
    Waiver of right of respondent Blanche, Todd to respond filed.
    Main Document
  3. Apr 07 2026
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due August 17, 2026)
  4. Apr 07 2026
    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.