No. 24-6352

Juan Alberto Muria-Palacios v. United States

Lower Court: Ninth Circuit
Docketed: 2025-01-21
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: constitutional-law due-process equal-protection legislative-reenactment racial-discrimination statutory-interpretation
Latest Conference: 2025-02-21
Question Presented (from Petition)

When a law, such as 8 U.S.C. § 1326, was originally adopted for an impermissible discriminatory purpose, does a later silent legislative amendment or reenactment cleanse the taint of a racially discriminatory law?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a legislative reenactment of a statute originally adopted for a discriminatory purpose can cleanse the taint of racial discrimination

Docket Entries

2025-02-24
Petition DENIED.
2025-01-30
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/21/2025.
2025-01-23
Waiver of United States of right to respond submitted.
2025-01-23
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2025-01-15
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due February 20, 2025)

Attorneys

Juan Alberto Muria-Palacios
Ann Catherine McClintockFederal Defender's Office, Petitioner
United States
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent
Sarah M. HarrisActing Solicitor General, Respondent