Perez-Guzman v. Sessions

Petition for certiorari denied on January 16, 2018

Docket No.	Op. Below	Argument	Opinion	Vote	Author	Term
17-302	9th Cir.	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	OT 2017

Issue: (1) Whether a court must defer to an agency's position under Chevron USA, Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council when the only ambiguity is a direct conflict between two statutory sections, which the agency has not addressed; and (2) whether the Immigration and Nationality Act's asylum provision affords a noncitizen in reinstatement proceedings the opportunity to seek asylum in the United States.

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Petition of the day (Aurora Barnes, November 7, 2017)

Date	Proceedings and Orders (key to color coding)
06/30/2017	Application (17A35) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from July 25, 2017 to August 24, 2017, submitted to Justice Kennedy.
07/07/2017	Application (17A35) granted by Justice Kennedy extending the time to file until August 24, 2017.
08/24/2017	Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due September 27, 2017)
09/19/2017	Blanket Consent filed by Petitioner, Rony E. Perez-Guzman on 09/19/2017
09/27/2017	Brief amici curiae of Administrative Law and Statutory Interpretation Scholars filed.
09/27/2017	Brief amicus curiae of American Immigration Lawyers Association filed.
09/27/2017	Brief amicus curiae of Cato Institute filed.
09/27/2017	Brief amici curiae of Scholars of Immigration and International Law filed.
10/02/2017	Waiver of right of respondent Sessions, Att'y. Gen. to respond filed.
10/04/2017	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/27/2017.
10/11/2017	Response Requested. (Due November 13, 2017)
11/09/2017	Order extending time to file response to petition to and including December 13, 2017.
11/13/2017	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 filing system.
12/13/2017	Brief of respondent Jefferson B. Sessions, III, Attorney General in opposition filed.
12/21/2017	Reply of petitioner Rony E. Perez-Guzman filed.
12/27/2017	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/12/2018.
01/16/2018	Petition DENIED.