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Riley v. Bondi

Docket No. Op. Below Argument Opinion Vote Author Term
23-1270 4th Cir. Mar 24, 2025 TBD TBD TBD OT 2024

Issue: (1) Whether 8 U.S.C. § 1252(b)(1)'s 30-day deadline is jurisdictional, or merely a mandatory claims-processing rule that can be waived or forfeited; and (2) whether a person can obtain review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' decision in a withholding-only proceeding by filing a petition within 30 days of that decision.

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DateProceedings and Orders (key to color coding)
05/31/2024Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due July 5, 2024)
05/31/2024Pursuant 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.
06/17/2024Motion to extend the time to file a response from July 5, 2024 to August 5, 2024, submitted to The Clerk.
06/18/2024Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including August 5, 2024.
07/05/2024Brief amici curiae of Former U.S. Attorneys General filed. VIDED
08/02/2024Motion to extend the time to file a response from August 5, 2024 to September 13, 2024, submitted to The Clerk.
08/05/2024Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including September 13, 2024.
09/13/2024Brief of respondent Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General filed.
10/01/2024Reply of petitioner Pierre Riley filed. (Distributed)
10/02/2024DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/18/2024.
10/28/2024DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/1/2024.
11/04/2024Petition GRANTED limited to the questions presented by the respondent's brief.
11/04/2024As 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.
11/04/2024Motion of Former U.S. Attorneys General for leave to participate in oral argument and for divided argument not accepted for filing. (November 25, 2024)
11/18/2024Letter to Clerk of Former U.S. Attorneys General not accepted for filing. (November 25, 2024)
12/03/2024Stephen J. Hammer, Esquire, of Dallas, Texas, is invited to brief and argue this case, as amicus curiae, in support of the judgment below.
12/03/2024Brief amici curiae of Former U.S. Attorneys General in support of neither party filed.
12/03/2024Motion for leave to participate in oral argument and for divided argument of Former U.S. Attorneys General withdrawn by counsel of record.
12/04/2024Motion for an extension of time to file the briefs on the merits filed. (December 10, 2024)
12/04/2024Letter withdrawing motion (December 3, 2024) of Former U.S. Attorneys General filed.
12/10/2024Motion to extend the time to file the briefs on the merits granted. The time to file the joint appendix, petitioner's brief on the merits, and respondents' brief supporting petitioner on the merits is extended to and including January 3, 2025. The time to file the brief of Court-appointed amicus curiae in support of the judgment below is extended to and including February 18, 2025.
01/03/2025Joint appendix (2 volumes redacted) filed. (Statement of costs filed)
01/03/2025Brief of petitioner Pierre Riley filed.
01/03/2025Brief of respondent Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General in support of petitioner filed.
01/03/2025Motion to seal the appendix to the petition, and for leave to file the joint appendix under seal with redacted copies for the public record filed by petitioner Pierre Riley. (January 21, 2025 - electronic file of motion only).
01/10/2025Brief amicus curiae of Center for Litigation and Courts in support of neither party filed.
01/10/2025Brief amici curiae of Constitutional Accountability Center and National Immigration Litigation Alliance filed.
01/10/2025Brief amici curiae of Administrative Law Professors filed.
01/10/2025Brief amicus curiae of Juan E. Mendez filed.
01/10/2025Brief amici curiae of Civil Procedure and Federal Courts Professors filed.
01/10/2025Brief amicus curiae of Pacific Legal Foundation filed.
01/10/2025Brief amici curiae of American Immigration Lawyers Association and American Immigration Council filed.
01/10/2025Brief amici curiae of Immigration Legal Service Providers filed.
01/27/2025Motion to seal the appendix to the petition for a writ of certiorari, and for leave to file the joint appendix under seal, with redacted copies for the public record GRANTED.
02/10/2025SET FOR ARGUMENT on Monday, March 24, 2025.
02/11/2025Record requested from the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.
02/18/2025Brief amicus curiae of Court-appointed amicus curiae in support of the judgment below filed. (Distributed)
02/19/2025CIRCULATED
02/20/2025Motion for divided argument filed by the Acting Solicitor General.
02/25/2025Brief amicus curiae of Immigration Reform Law Institute filed. (Distributed)
03/03/2025Motion for divided argument filed by the Acting Solicitor General GRANTED.
03/14/2025Reply of respondent Pamela Bondi, Attorney General, in support of petitioner filed. (Distributed)
03/14/2025Reply of petitioner Pierre Yassue Nashun Riley filed. (Distributed)
03/24/2025Argued. For petitioner: Keith Bradley, Denver, Colo. For respondent in support of petitioner: Ephraim McDowell, Assistant to the Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. For Court-appointed amicus curiae in support of the judgment below: Stephen J. Hammer, Dallas, Tex.