Reyes-Romero v. United States
Petition for certiorari denied on May 17, 2021
Issue: Whether, when a district court considers awarding attorney’s fees and costs to a prevailing criminal defendant, the Hyde Amendment inquiry into whether “the position of the United
States was vexatious, frivolous, or in bad faith” encompass actions of non-prosecutor government employees underlying the criminal case.
| Date | Proceedings and Orders (key to color coding) |
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| Nov 20 2020 | Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due December 28, 2020) |
| Dec 20 2020 | Motion to extend the time to file a response from December 28, 2020 to January 27, 2021, submitted to The Clerk. |
| Dec 22 2020 | Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including January 27, 2021. |
| Jan 07 2021 | Motion to extend the time to file a response from January 27, 2021 to February 26, 2021, submitted to The Clerk. |
| Jan 11 2021 | Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including February 26, 2021. |
| Feb 12 2021 | Motion to extend the time to file a response from February 26, 2021 to March 26, 2021, submitted to The Clerk. |
| Feb 16 2021 | Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including March 26, 2021. |
| Mar 22 2021 | Motion to extend the time to file a response from March 26, 2021 to April 23, 2021, submitted to The Clerk. |
| Mar 23 2021 | Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including April 23, 2021. |
| Apr 05 2021 | Brief of respondent United States in opposition filed. |
| Apr 20 2021 | Reply of petitioner Mario Nelson Reyes-Romero filed. (Distributed) |
| Apr 21 2021 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/13/2021. |
| May 17 2021 | Petition DENIED. |
