Garcia-Romo v. Barr
Petition for certiorari granted, judgment vacated and case remanded to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit for further consideration in light of Niz-Chavez v. Garland, on May 3, 2021.
Issue: Whether the government may trigger the stop-time rule – which cuts off a noncitizen’s period of continuous residence – when the government issues a
document that fails to include all of the information
listed under 8 U.S.C. § 1229(a), followed by a second document that supplies the missing information but nevertheless fails to meet Section 1229(a)’s definition.
| Date | Proceedings and Orders (key to color coding) |
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| May 22 2020 | Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due June 29, 2020) |
| May 22 2020 | 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. |
| Jun 25 2020 | Motion to extend the time to file a response from June 29, 2020 to July 29, 2020, submitted to The Clerk. |
| Jun 26 2020 | Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including July 29, 2020. |
| Jul 29 2020 | Memorandum of respondent William P. Barr, Attorney General filed. |
| Aug 19 2020 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2020. |
| Apr 29 2021 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/30/2021. |
| May 03 2021 | Petition GRANTED. Judgment VACATED and case REMANDED for further consideration in light of Niz-Chavez v. Garland, 593 U. S. ___ (2021). |
| Jun 04 2021 | JUDGMENT ISSUED. |
