Reyes Mata v. Lynch

Docket No.	Op. Below	Argument	Opinion	Vote	Author	Term
14-185	5th Cir.	Apr 29, 2015 Tr.Aud.	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.

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A View from the Courtroom: The Goldbergs (Mark Walsh)
Opinion analysis: Distinguishing between jurisdiction over (and the merits of) untimely immigration appeals (Steve Vladeck)
Argument analysis: The easy way or the hard way to decide an untimely immigration appeal? (Steve Vladeck)
Argument preview: What happens when deadlines in removal proceedings are missed due to ineffective assistance of counsel? (Steve Vladeck)
Petition of the day (Maureen Johnston)

Date	Proceedings and Orders (key to color coding)
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.

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