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Barton v. Barr

Docket No. Argument Opinion Vote Author Term
18-725 Nov 4, 2019 Apr 23, 2020 5-4 Kavanaugh OT 2019

Holding: In determining eligibility for cancellation of removal of a lawful permanent resident who commits a serious crime, an offense listed in 8 U. S. C. " 1182(a)(2) committed during the initial seven years of residence need not be one of the offenses of removal.

Judgment: Affirmed, 5-4, in an opinion by Justice Kavanaugh on April 23, 2020. Justice Sotomayor filed a dissenting opinion, in which Justices Ginsburg, Breyer and Kagan joined.

DateProceedings and Orders (key to color coding)
12/04/2018Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due January 7, 2019)
12/04/2018Pursuant 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 filing system.
01/03/2019Motion to extend the time to file a response from January 7, 2019 to February 6, 2019, filed.
01/07/2019Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including February 6, 2019.
01/31/2019Motion for an extension of time to file a response from February 6, 2019 to March 8, 2019 filed.
01/31/2019Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including March 8, 2019.
03/08/2019Brief of respondent William P. Barr, Attorney General in opposition filed.
03/15/2019Reply of petitioner Andre Martello Barton filed.
03/20/2019DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/12/2019.
04/15/2019DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/18/2019.
04/22/2019Petition GRANTED.
04/22/2019As 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.
05/09/2019Motion to dispense with printing the joint appendix filed by petitioner Andre Martello Barton.
05/10/2019Motion for an extension of time to file the briefs on the merits filed.
05/10/2019Motion to extend the time to file the briefs on the merits granted. The time to file petitioner's brief on the merits is extended to and including June 26, 2019. The time to file respondent's brief on the merits is extended to and including August 15, 2019.
05/20/2019Motion to dispense with printing the joint appendix filed by petitioner GRANTED.
06/17/2019Blanket Consent filed by Petitioner, Andre Martello Barton.
06/26/2019Brief of petitioner Andre Martello Barton filed.
07/02/2019Brief amici curiae of Immigration Law Professors filed.
07/03/2019Brief amici curiae of National Immigrant Justice Center and American Immigration Lawyers Association filed.
07/03/2019Brief amici curiae of Momodoulamin Jobe and The Immigrant Defense Project filed.
07/03/2019Brief amici curiae of Former United States Immigration Judges filed.
07/03/2019Brief amicus curiae of Capital Area Immigrants' Rights Coalition filed. (July 24, 2019)
07/08/2019SET FOR ARGUMENT on Monday, November 4, 2019.
07/10/2019Amicus brief of Capital Area Immigrants' Rights Coalition not accepted for filing. (Corrected version submitted)
08/15/2019Brief of respondent William P. Barr, Attorney General filed.
09/03/2019CIRCULATED
09/16/2019Reply of petitioner Andre Martello Barton filed. (Distributed)
09/16/2019Record requested from the U.S.C.A. 11th Circuit.
09/16/2019The record from the U.S.C.A. 11th Circuit is electronic and located on Pacer, 11th Circuit record is full and complete.
10/22/2019Record from the U.S.C.A. updated. The record has been sent electronically and filed.
11/04/2019Argued. For petitioner: Adam G. Unikowsky, Washington, D. C. For respondent: Frederick Liu, Assistant to the Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C.
04/23/2020Adjudged to be AFFIRMED. Kavanaugh, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Roberts, C. J., and Thomas, Alito, and Gorsuch, JJ., joined. Sotomayor, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which Ginsburg, Breyer, and Kagan, JJ., joined.
05/26/2020JUDGMENT ISSUED.