Docket No. | Op. Below | Argument | Opinion | Vote | Author | Term |
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14-185 | 5th Cir. | Apr 29, 2015 | Jun 15, 2015 | 8-1 | Kagan | OT 2014 |
Holding: A court of appeals has jurisdiction to review the rejection by the Board of Immigration Appeals of a non-citizen’s motion to reopen, even when the Board rejects the motion as untimely or it rejects a motion requesting equitable tolling of the time limit.
Judgment: Reversed and remanded, 8-1, in an opinion by Justice Kagan on June 15, 2015. Justice Thomas filed a dissenting opinion.
Date | Proceedings and Orders |
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Aug 14 2014 | Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due September 17, 2014) |
Sep 17 2014 | Order extending time to file response to petition to and including October 17, 2014. |
Oct 9 2014 | Order further extending time to file response to petition to and including November 17, 2014. |
Nov 17 2014 | Brief of respondent Eric H. Holder, Jr., Attorney General filed. |
Dec 2 2014 | Reply of petitioner Noel Reyes Mata filed. |
Dec 3 2014 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of January 9, 2015. |
Jan 12 2015 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of January 16, 2015. |
Jan 13 2015 | Record received from U.S.C.A. 5th Circuit. The record is electronic. |
Jan 16 2015 | Petition GRANTED. William Peterson, Esquire, of Houston, Texas, is invited to brief and argue this case, as amicus curiae, in support of the judgment below. |
Feb 27 2015 | Deferred appendix filed. (Statement of costs filed.) |
Feb 27 2015 | Brief of petitioner Noel Reyes Mata filed. |
Feb 27 2015 | Brief of respondent Eric H. Holder, Jr., Attorney General supporting reversal and remand filed. |
Mar 5 2015 | Brief amicus curiae of National Immigrant Justice Center filed. |
Mar 6 2015 | SET FOR ARGUMENT ON Wednesday, April 29, 2015 |
Mar 6 2015 | Brief amici curiae of The American Immigration Council, et al. filed. |
Mar 16 2015 | CIRCULATED. |
Mar 30 2015 | Brief of Court-appointed amicus curiae in support of the judgment below filed. (Distributed) |
Apr 6 2015 | Motion for divided argument filed by respondent Eric H. Holder, Jr., Attorney General. |
Apr 17 2015 | Motion for divided argument filed by respondent GRANTED. |
Apr 21 2015 | Reply of respondent Eric H. Holder, Jr., Attorney General filed. (Distributed) |
Apr 22 2015 | Reply of petitioner Noel Reyes Mata filed. (Distributed) |
Apr 29 2015 | Argued. For petitioner: Mark C. Fleming, Boston, Mass. For respondent in support of reversal and remand: Anthony A. Yang, Assistant to the Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. For amicus curiae in support of judgment below: William R. Peterson, Houston, Tex. (Appointed by this Court.) |
Jun 15 2015 | Judgment REVERSED and case REMANDED. Kagan, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Roberts, C. J., and Scalia, Kennedy, Ginsburg, Breyer, Alito, and Sotomayor, JJ., joined. Thomas, J., filed a dissenting opinion. |
Jul 17 2015 | JUDGMENT ISSUED. |
Justice Sonia Sotomayor dissents, says immigrant is asking only for "the small grace, to which he is legally entitled, of being allowed to remain in the country while he pursues his substantial claims for relief" https://twitter.com/AHoweBlogger/status/1352779432881217537
#SCOTUS will not block deportation of Haitian immigrant with serious mental illness while he appeals to Fifth Circuit. https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/20pdf/20a111_8nj9.pdf
#SCOTUS will not block deportation of Haitian immigrant with serious mental illness while he appeals to Fifth Circuit. https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/20pdf/20a111_8nj9.pdf
Today we Tok’d about cert petitions and the court’s private conference.
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We expect orders from the court’s private conference today on Monday morning at 9:30 a.m. EST. Opinions at 10:00 a.m. EST.
Good news! The court will continue live audio streaming for its February sitting.
#SCOTUS announces that during the February argument session, which begins on 2/22, it will once again hear oral arguments by phone, w/live audio available to the public, b/c of COVID-19 pandemic: https://www.supremecourt.gov/publicinfo/press/pressreleases/pr_01-22-21
Check out the latest Relist Watch from @johnpelwood.
TEN new relists -- including 6 involving Pres. Trump/Trump Admin initiatives that strangely skipped the Jan. 15 conference: Emoluments Clause suits, Public Charge Rule, Title X abortion/counseling rule. Plus a call to revisit regulatory takings & Nevada's COVID restrictions. https://twitter.com/SCOTUSblogposts/status/1352358829317648384
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