Sanchez v. Mayorkas

Docket No.	Op. Below	Argument	Opinion	Vote	Author	Term
20-315	3rd Cir.	Apr 19, 2021	Jun 7, 2021	9-0	Kagan	OT 2020

Holding: An individual who entered the United States unlawfully is not eligible to become a lawful permanent resident under 8 U.S.C. § 1255 even if the United States has granted the individual temporary protected status.

Judgment: Affirmed, 9-0, in an opinion by Justice Kagan on June 7, 2021.

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Date	Proceedings and Orders (key to color coding)
09/08/2020	Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due October 13, 2020)
09/08/2020	Corrected appendix to the petition (submitted February 18, 2021).
09/11/2020	Motion to extend the time to file a response from October 13, 2020 to November 12, 2020, submitted to The Clerk.
09/14/2020	Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including November 12, 2020.
10/26/2020	Motion to extend the time to file a response from November 12, 2020 to December 9, 2020, submitted to The Clerk.
10/28/2020	Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including December 9, 2020.
12/09/2020	Brief for the Respondents filed.
12/11/2020	Waiver of the 14-day waiting period under 15.5 filed by petitioner.
12/16/2020	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/8/2021.
01/08/2021	Petition GRANTED.
02/05/2021	Blanket Consent filed by Petitioner, Jose Santos Sanchez, et al.
02/05/2021	Motion to dispense with printing the joint appendix filed by petitioners Jose Santos Sanchez, et al.
02/22/2021	Brief of petitioners Jose Santos Sanchez, et al. filed.
03/01/2021	Motion to dispense with printing the joint appendix filed by petitioners GRANTED.
03/01/2021	Brief amici curiae of Members of Congress filed.
03/01/2021	Brief amicus curiae of Oxfam America filed.
03/01/2021	Brief amici curiae of Immigration Law Professors filed.
03/01/2021	Brief amici curiae of Human Rights Watch and Alianza Americas filed.
03/01/2021	Brief amici curiae of District of Columbia, et al. filed.
03/01/2021	Brief amici curiae of Professors Alan Morrison and Brian Wolfman filed.
03/01/2021	Brief amici curiae of American Immigration Lawyers Association, et al. filed.
03/01/2021	Brief amici curiae of National Immigration Litigation Alliance, American Civil Liberties Union, and Northwest Immigrant Rights Project filed.
03/01/2021	Brief amicus curiae of Harvard TPS Coalition filed.
03/01/2021	Brief amici curiae of 22 Cities and Counties filed.
03/01/2021	Amicus brief of Service Employees International Union, et al. not accepted for filing. (March 03, 2021 - certificate of compliance to be corrected).
03/01/2021	Brief amici curiae of Service Employees International Union and Other Labor Unions filed. (March 23, 2021)
03/10/2021	Corrected certificate of service for amicus curiae Harvard TPS Coalition filed.
03/12/2021	SET FOR ARGUMENT on Monday, April 19, 2021.
03/15/2021	Record requested.
03/15/2021	Record received from the U.S.D.C. 3rd Circuit is electronic and located on Pacer, with the exception of confidential documents that been electronically filed.
03/24/2021	Brief of respondents Alejandro N. Mayorkas, Secretary of Homeland Security, et al. filed.
03/30/2021	CIRCULATED
03/31/2021	Brief amicus curiae of Immigration Reform Law Institute filed. (Distributed)
04/09/2021	Reply of petitioner Jose Santos Sanchez, et ux. filed. (Distributed)
04/19/2021	Argued. For petitioners: Amy M. Saharia, Washington, D. C. For respondents: Michael R. Huston, Assistant to the Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C.
06/07/2021	Adjudged to be AFFIRMED. Kagan, J. delivered the opinion for a unanimous Court.
07/09/2021	JUDGMENT ISSUED.