Patel v. Garland

Docket No.	Op. Below	Argument	Opinion	Vote	Author	Term
20-979	11th Cir.	Dec 6, 2021	May 16, 2022	5-4	Barrett	OT 2021

Holding: Federal courts lack jurisdiction to review facts found as part of any judgment relating to the granting of discretionary relief in immigration proceedings enumerated under 8 U.S.C. § 1252(a)(2).

Judgment: Affirmed, 5-4, in an opinion by Justice Barrett on May 16, 2022. Justice Gorsuch filed a dissenting opinion, in which Justices Breyer, Sotomayor, and Kagan joined.

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Date	Proceedings and Orders (key to color coding)
01/15/2021	Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due February 22, 2021)
01/15/2021	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 filng system.
02/11/2021	Motion to extend the time to file a response from February 22, 2021 to March 24, 2021, submitted to The Clerk.
02/12/2021	Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including March 24, 2021.
03/17/2021	Motion to extend the time to file a response from March 24, 2021 to April 23, 2021, submitted to The Clerk.
03/18/2021	Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including April 23, 2021.
04/15/2021	Motion to extend the time to file a response from April 23, 2021 to May 17, 2021, submitted to The Clerk.
04/16/2021	Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including May 17, 2021.
05/17/2021	Brief of respondent Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General filed.
05/28/2021	Reply of petitioners Pankajkumar S. Patel, et al. filed. (Distributed)
06/01/2021	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/17/2021.
06/21/2021	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/24/2021.
06/28/2021	Petition GRANTED limited to Question 1 presented by the petition.
06/28/2021	As Rule 34.6 provides, “If the Court schedules briefing and oral argument in a case that was governed by Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 5.2(c) or Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 49.1(c), the parties shall submit electronic versions of all prior and subsequent filings with this Court in the case, subject to [applicable] redaction rules.” Subsequent party and amicus filings in the case should now be submitted through the Court’s electronic filing system, with any necessary redactions.
06/29/2021	Taylor A.R. Meehan, Esquire, of Chicago, Illinois, is invited to brief and argue this case, as amicus curiae, in support of the judgment below.
07/13/2021	Motion to dispense with printing the joint appendix filed by petitioners Pankajkumar S. Patel, et al.
07/20/2021	Motion for an extension of time to file the briefs on the merits filed.
07/28/2021	Motion to extend the time to file the briefs on the merits granted. The time to file the joint appendix and the petitioners' brief on the merits is extended to and including August 31, 2021. The time to file the brief of the Court-appointed amicus curiae in support of the judgment below is extended to and including October 19, 2021.
08/23/2021	Motion to dispense with printing the joint appendix filed by petitioner GRANTED.
08/31/2021	Brief of petitioners Pankajkumar S. Patel, et al. filed.
08/31/2021	Brief of respondent Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General in support filed.
09/03/2021	Brief amicus curiae of American Immigration Lawyers Association filed.
09/07/2021	Brief amici curiae of Law Professors filed.
09/07/2021	Brief amici curiae of Former Executive Office for Immigration Review Judges filed.
09/07/2021	Brief amici curiae of National Immigration Litigation Alliance filed.
09/07/2021	Brief amici curiae of The American Immigration Council, et al. filed.
09/20/2021	SET FOR ARGUMENT on Monday, December 6, 2021.
09/27/2021	Record requested from the U.S.C.A. 11th Circuit.
09/28/2021	The record from the U.S.C.A. 11th Circuit is electronic and located on Pacer, also the record has been received and has been electronically filed.
10/19/2021	Brief of Court-appointed amicus curiae in support of the judgment below filed.
10/26/2021	Motion for divided argument filed by respondent Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General.
10/29/2021	CIRCULATED
11/08/2021	Motion for divided argument filed by respondent GRANTED.
11/15/2021	Record received from the 11th Circuit. The record is Sealed and filed electronically.
11/18/2021	Reply of respondent Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General filed. (Distributed)
11/18/2021	Reply of petitioners Pankajkumar S. Patel, et al. filed. (Distributed)
12/06/2021	Argued. For petitioners: Mark C. Fleming, Boston, Mass. For respondent in support: Austin L. Raynor, Assistant to the Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. For Court-appointed amicus curiae in support of the judgment below: Taylor A.R. Meehan, Chicago, Ill.
05/16/2022	Adjudged to be AFFIRMED. Barrett, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Roberts, C. J., and Thomas, Alito, and Kavanaugh, JJ., joined. Gorsuch, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which Breyer, Sotomayor, and Kagan, JJ., joined.
06/17/2022	JUDGMENT ISSUED