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Department of Homeland Security v. D.V.D.

Emergency application for stay is granted on June 23, 2025. Justices Sotomayor, Kagan, and Jackson would deny the application.

Docket No. Argument Opinion Vote Author Term
24a1153 TBD TBD TBD TBD OT 2024

Issue: Whether the Supreme Court should stay a district court order preventing DHS from removing non-citizens to a country not specifically identified in their removal order unless DHS assesses any potential claims such persons may have under the Convention Against Torture.

DateProceedings and Orders (key to color coding)
05/27/2025Application (24A1153) for a stay, submitted to Justice Jackson.
05/28/2025Response to application (24A1153) requested by Justice Jackson, due by 4 p.m. (EDT), on June 4, 2025.
06/04/2025Response to application from respondents D.V.D., et al. filed.
06/04/2025Brief amicus curiae of Immigration Reform Law Institute filed.
06/04/2025Brief amicus curiae of Center for Gender and Refugee Studies filed.
06/05/2025Reply of applicants Department of Homeland Security, et al. filed.
06/05/2025Brief amicus curiae of America's Future and Conservative Legal Defense and Education Fund filed.
06/23/2025Application (24A1153) referred to the Court.
06/23/2025The application for stay presented to Justice Jackson and by her referred to the Court is granted. The April 18, 2025, preliminary injunction of the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts, case No. 25–cv–10676, is stayed pending the disposition of the appeal in the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit and disposition of a petition for a writ of certiorari, if such writ is timely sought. Should certiorari be denied, this stay shall terminate automatically. In the event certiorari is granted, the stay shall terminate upon the sending down of the judgment of the Court. Justice Sotomayor, with whom Justice Kagan and Justice Jackson join, dissenting. (Detached Opinion)
06/24/2025Motion to clarify the Court's June 23, 2025 order filed by applicants Department of Homeland Security, et al.
06/24/2025Response to motion to clarify filed.
06/24/2025Reply of applicants Department of Homeland Security, et al. in support of motion to clarify filed.
06/25/2025Motion for leave to file sur-reply filed by respondents D.V.D., et al.
06/25/2025Response to motion for leave to file sur-reply from applicants Department of Homeland Security, et al. filed.
07/03/2025Motion to clarify GRANTED (Detached Opinion). Justice Kagan concurs (Detached Opinion). Justice Sotomayor, joined by Justice Jackson, dissents. (Detached Opinion)
07/03/2025Motions for Leave to File Sur-Reply and Response to Sur-Reply are DENIED.