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Vazquez v. Sessions

Petition for certiorari denied on June 25, 2018

Docket No.	Op. Below	Argument	Opinion	Vote	Author	Term
17-1304	5th Cir.	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	OT 2017

Issue: Whether a conviction under a state criminal statute whose plain terms sweep in more conduct than a corresponding federal offense can be a categorical match with that federal offense.

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Petition of the day (Aurora Barnes, April 25, 2018)

Date	Proceedings and Orders (key to color coding)
03/09/2018	Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due April 16, 2018)
03/09/2018	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.
03/26/2018	Letter of March 26, 2018, from counsel for petitioner received informing the Court of the issuance of a substitute opinion in this case by the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.
04/10/2018	Motion to extend the time to file a response from April 16, 2018 to May 16, 2018, submitted to The Clerk.
04/11/2018	Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including May 16, 2018.
05/16/2018	Brief of respondent Jefferson B. Sessions, III, Attorney General in opposition filed.
06/04/2018	Reply of petitioner Ivan Bernabe Rodriguez Vasquez filed.
06/05/2018	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/21/2018.
06/25/2018	Petition DENIED.