Docket No. | Op. Below | Argument | Opinion | Vote | Author | Term |
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11-702 | 5th Cir. | Oct 10, 2012 | Apr 23, 2013 | 7-2 | Sotomayor | OT 2012 |
Disclosure: Goldstein & Russell, P.C. represents the petitioner in this case.
Holding: If a noncitizen’s conviction for a marijuana distribution offense fails to establish that the offense involved either remuneration or more than a small amount of marijuana, it is not an aggravated felony under the Immigration and Nationality Act.
Judgment: Reversed and remanded, 7-2, in an opinion by Justice Sotomayor on April 23, 2013. Justice Thomas and Justice Alito filed dissenting opinions.
Date | Proceedings and Orders |
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Dec 7 2011 | Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due January 9, 2012) |
Jan 5 2012 | Order extending time to file response to petition to and including February 8, 2012. |
Feb 2 2012 | Order further extending time to file response to petition to and including March 9, 2012. |
Mar 9 2012 | Brief of respondent Eric H. Holder, Jr., Attorney General in opposition filed. |
Mar 13 2012 | Reply of petitioner Adrian Moncrieffe filed. (Distributed) |
Mar 14 2012 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of March 30, 2012. |
Apr 2 2012 | Petition GRANTED. |
Apr 23 2012 | The time to file the joint appendix and petitioner's brief on the merits is extended to and including June 21, 2012. |
Apr 23 2012 | The time to file respondent's brief on the merits is extended to and including August 29, 2012. |
Jun 8 2012 | Motion to dispense with printing the joint appendix filed by petitioner Adrian Moncrieffe. |
Jun 11 2012 | Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs, in support of either party or of neither party, received from counsel for the petitioner. |
Jun 18 2012 | Motion to dispense with printing the joint appendix filed by petitioner GRANTED. |
Jun 19 2012 | The time to file the joint appendix and petitioner's brief on the merits is further extended to and including June 22, 2012. |
Jun 19 2012 | The time to file respondent's brief on the merits is further extended to and including August 31, 2012. |
Jun 19 2012 | Counsel for the petitioner will file the reply brief on the merits on or before September 21, 2012. |
Jun 22 2012 | Brief of petitioner Adrian Moncrieffe filed. |
Jun 28 2012 | Brief amici curiae of Immigration Law Professors filed. |
Jun 29 2012 | Brief amicus curiae of Human Rights First filed. |
Jun 29 2012 | Brief amicus curiae of Center on the Administration of Criminal Law, New York University School of Law filed. |
Jun 29 2012 | Brief amici curiae of National Immigrant Justice Center, et al. filed. |
Jul 23 2012 | SET FOR ARGUMENT ON Wednesday, October 10, 2012 |
Jul 24 2012 | CIRCULATED. |
Aug 1 2012 | Record received from U.S.C.A. for 5th Circuit. (1 envelope) |
Aug 23 2012 | Adminsitrative Record from Board of Immigration Appeals is electronic. |
Aug 31 2012 | Brief of respondent Eric H. Holder, Jr., Attorney General filed. (Distributed) |
Sep 21 2012 | Reply of petitioner Adrian Moncrieffe filed. (Distributed) |
Oct 10 2012 | Argued. For petitioner: Thomas C. Goldstein, Washington, D. C. For respondent: Pratik A. Shah, Assistant to the Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. |
Apr 23 2013 | Judgment REVERSED and case REMANDED. Sotomayor, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Roberts, C. J., and Scalia, Kennedy, Ginsburg, Breyer, and Kagan, JJ., joined. Thomas, J., and Alito, J., filed dissenting opinions. |
May 28 2013 | JUDGMENT ISSUED. |
Jun 3 2013 | Record returned to U.S.Court of Appeals for 5th Circuit. |
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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