No. 24-547

Maria E. Smith v. Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General, et al.

Lower Court: Seventh Circuit
Docketed: 2024-11-15
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived
Tags: administrative-procedure agency-discretion citizenship-petition due-process immigration-law record-inspection
Latest Conference: 2025-01-10
Question Presented (from Petition)

Did the agency violate Mrs. Smith's due process rights by requiring that she rebut what it asserted was derogatory information but summarizing that information without allowing her to inspect it, giving her at best a shot in the dark framing her rebuttal?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Did the agency violate Mrs. Smith's due process rights by requiring that she rebut what it asserted was derogatory information but summarizing that information without allowing her to inspect it, giving her at best a shot in the dark framing her rebuttal?

Docket Entries

2025-01-13
Petition DENIED.
2024-12-18
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/10/2025.
2024-12-13
Waiver of Federal Respondents of right to respond submitted.
2024-12-13
Waiver of right of respondent Federal Respondents to respond filed.
2024-11-04
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due December 16, 2024)

Attorneys

Federal Respondents
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent
Maria Smith
Godfrey Y. MuwongeLaw Office of Godfrey Y. Muwonge, LLC., Petitioner