Judulang v. Holder

Holding: The policy used by the Board of Immigration Appeals to determine whether a resident alien is eligible to ask the Attorney General for relief from deportation under a provision of the immigration laws that has been repealed is “arbitrary and capricious” under the Administrative Procedure Act, 5 U.S.C. § 706(2)(A).

Judgment: Reversed and remanded, 9-0, in an opinion by Justice Kagan on December 12, 2011.

Briefs and Documents

Merits Briefs for the Petitioner

• Brief for Joel Judulang
• Reply brief for Joel Judulang

Amicus Briefs in Support of the Petitioner

• Brief for Former Immigration Officials
• Brief for National Immigrant Justice Center and American Immigration Lawyers Association
• Brief of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers and the National Legal Aid and Defender Association
• Brief of the Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Inc., and World Relief
• Brief of thirty-nine immigration law professors

Merits Briefs for the Respondent

• Brief for Eric H. Holder, Jr.

Certiorari-stage documents

• Opinion below (9th Circuit)
• Petition for certiorari
• Brief in opposition
• Petitioner's reply