Garcia-Romo v. Barr
Petition for certiorari granted, judgment vacated and case remanded to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit for further consideration in light of Niz-Chavez v. Garland, on May 3, 2021.
Issue
Whether the government may trigger the stop-time rule " which cuts off a noncitizen"s period of continuous residence " when the government issues a document that fails to include all of the information listed under 8 U.S.C. § 1229(a), followed by a second document that supplies the missing information but nevertheless fails to meet Section 1229(a)"s definition.
May 22, 2020Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due June 29, 2020)
May 22, 2020Pursuant 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.
Jun 25, 2020Motion to extend the time to file a response from June 29, 2020 to July 29, 2020, submitted to The Clerk.
Jun 26, 2020Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including July 29, 2020.
Jul 29, 2020Memorandum of respondent William P. Barr, Attorney General filed.Aug 19, 2020DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2020.
Apr 29, 2021DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/30/2021.
May 3, 2021Petition GRANTED. Judgment VACATED and case REMANDED for further consideration in light of Niz-Chavez v. Garland, 593 U. S. ___ (2021).
Jun 4, 2021JUDGMENT ISSUED.
Recommended Citation: Garcia-Romo v. Barr, SCOTUSblog, https://www.scotusblog.com/cases/garcia-romo-v-barr/