No. 20-979
Pankajkumar S. Patel, et al. v. Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General
Tags: administrative-law citizenship citizenship-misrepresentation discretionary-relief due-process federal-jurisdiction immigration-law inadmissibility judicial-review statutory-interpretation
Latest Conference:
2021-06-24
(distributed 2 times)
Question Presented (from Petition)
1. Whether 8 U.S.C. § 1252(a)(2)(B)(i) preserves the jurisdiction of federal courts to review a non-discretionary determination that a noncitizen is ineligible for certain types of discretionary relief.
2. Whether 8 U.S.C. § 1182(a)(6)(C)(ii), which renders a noncitizen inadmissible for "falsely representing" oneself to be a U.S. citizen for a government benefit, applies to immaterial misrepresentations.
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether 8 U.S.C. § 1252(a)(2)(B)(i) preserves the jurisdiction of federal courts to review a nondiscretionary determination that a noncitizen is ineligible for certain types of discretionary relief
Docket Entries
2022-06-17
JUDGMENT ISSUED
2022-05-16
Adjudged to be AFFIRMED. Barrett, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Roberts, C. J., and Thomas, Alito, and Kavanaugh, JJ., joined. Gorsuch, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which Breyer, Sotomayor, and Kagan, JJ., joined.
2021-12-06
Argued. For petitioners: Mark C. Fleming, Boston, Mass. For respondent in support: Austin L. Raynor, Assistant to the Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. For Court-appointed amicus curiae in support of the judgment below: Taylor A.R. Meehan, Chicago, Ill.
2021-11-18
Reply of petitioners Pankajkumar S. Patel, et al. filed. (Distributed)
2021-11-18
Reply of respondent Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General filed. (Distributed)
2021-11-15
Record received from the 11th Circuit. The record is Sealed and filed electronically.
2021-11-08
Motion for divided argument filed by respondent GRANTED.
2021-10-29
CIRCULATED
2021-10-26
Motion for divided argument filed by respondent Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General.
2021-10-19
Brief of Court-appointed amicus curiae in support of the judgment below filed.
2021-09-28
The record from the U.S.C.A. 11th Circuit is electronic and located on Pacer, also the record has been received and has been electronically filed.
2021-09-27
Record requested from the U.S.C.A. 11th Circuit.
2021-09-20
SET FOR ARGUMENT on Monday, December 6, 2021.
2021-09-07
Brief amici curiae of The American Immigration Council, et al. filed.
2021-09-07
Brief amici curiae of National Immigration Litigation Alliance filed.
2021-09-07
Brief amici curiae of Former Executive Office for Immigration Review Judges filed.
2021-09-07
Brief amici curiae of Law Professors filed.
2021-09-03
Brief amicus curiae of American Immigration Lawyers Association filed.
2021-08-31
Brief of petitioners Pankajkumar S. Patel, et al. filed.
2021-08-31
Brief of respondent Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General in support filed.
2021-08-23
Motion to dispense with printing the joint appendix filed by petitioner GRANTED.
2021-07-28
Motion to extend the time to file the briefs on the merits granted. The time to file the joint appendix and the petitioners' brief on the merits is extended to and including August 31, 2021. The time to file the brief of the Court-appointed amicus curiae in support of the judgment below is extended to and including October 19, 2021.
2021-07-20
Motion for an extension of time to file the briefs on the merits filed.
2021-07-13
Motion to dispense with printing the joint appendix filed by petitioners Pankajkumar S. Patel, et al.
2021-06-29
Taylor A.R. Meehan, Esquire, of Chicago, Illinois, is invited to brief and argue this case, as amicus curiae, in support of the judgment below.
2021-06-28
As 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.
2021-06-28
Petition GRANTED limited to Question 1 presented by the petition.
2021-06-21
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/24/2021.
2021-06-01
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/17/2021.
2021-05-28
Reply of petitioners Pankajkumar S. Patel, et al. filed. (Distributed)
2021-05-17
Brief of respondent Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General filed.
2021-04-16
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including May 17, 2021.
2021-04-15
Motion to extend the time to file a response from April 23, 2021 to May 17, 2021, submitted to The Clerk.
2021-03-18
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including April 23, 2021.
2021-03-17
Motion to extend the time to file a response from March 24, 2021 to April 23, 2021, submitted to The Clerk.
2021-02-12
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including March 24, 2021.
2021-02-11
Motion to extend the time to file a response from February 22, 2021 to March 24, 2021, submitted to The Clerk.
2021-01-15
2021-01-15
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 filng system.
Attorneys
American Immigration Lawyers Association
Rebecca A. Sharpless — Immigration Clinic, Amicus
Romy Louise Lerner — UM Law Immigration Clinic, Amicus
Court-appointed amicus curiae in support of the judgment below
Taylor Ann Rausch Meehan — Consovoy McCarthy PLLC, Respondent
Former Executive Office for Immigration Review Judges
Richard W. Mark — Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Amicus
Law Professors
Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General
Elizabeth B. Prelogar — Solicitor General, Respondent
National Immigration Litigation Alliance
Pankajkumar S. Patel, et al.
Ira Jay Kurzban — Kurzban, Kurzban, et al., Petitioner
Mark Christopher Fleming — WilmerHale, Petitioner
The American Immigration Council, et al.
Kathleen Roberta Hartnett — Cooley LLP, Amicus