No. 21-400

Melecia Baltazar-Sebastian v. United States

Lower Court: Fifth Circuit
Docketed: 2021-09-14
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived Experienced Counsel
Tags: article-iii-court bail-reform-act civil-detention executive-branch executive-branch-authority immigration-and-nationality-act immigration-detention separation-of-powers statutory-interpretation
Key Terms:
SocialSecurity Immigration JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference: 2021-10-08
Question Presented (from Petition)

1. Whether it violates the separation of powers for executive branch officials to keep a person in civil detention on the basis of factual findings that necessarily conflict with the factual findings of an Article III court.

2. Whether the BRA prohibits the United States from transferring a person into INA custody following a BRA release order except pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 3142(d).

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the executive branch can keep a person in civil detention despite an Article III court's release order

Docket Entries

2021-10-12
Petition DENIED.
2021-09-22
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/8/2021.
2021-09-17
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2021-09-10
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due October 14, 2021)

Attorneys

Melecia Baltazar-Sebastian
Andrew Timothy TuttArnold & Porter Kaye Scholer, Petitioner
United States
Brian H. FletcherActing Solicitor General, Respondent