Petition treated as a petition for a writ of certiorari and GRANTED. Judgment VACATED and case REMANDED. Opinion per curiam. (Detached Opinion)

Reply of petitioners United States, et al. filed.

Motion of New York, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois, Iowa, Massachusetts, New Mexico, North Carolina, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, Governor of Colorado, District of Columbia for leave to file amicus brief not accepted for filing. (December 13, 2017)

Brief of respondent Dulce Garcia, Miriam Gonzalez Avila, Saul Jimenez Suarez, Viridiana Chabolla Mendoza, Norma Ramirez, and Jirayut Latthivongskorn in opposition filed.

Brief of respondent Regents of the University of California and Janet Napolitano in her official capacity as President of the University of California in opposition filed.

Blanket Consent to the filing of amicus briefs in support of either party or of neither party, filed by Petitioner, United States, et al.

Application (17A570) granted by the Court. The application for a stay presented to JUSTICE KENNEDY and by him referred to the Court is granted, and the District Court’s September 22, 2017, October 17, 2017, and November 20, 2017 orders, to the extent they require discovery and addition to the administrative record filed by the Government, are stayed pending disposition of the Government’s petition for a writ of mandamus or in the alternative a writ of certiorari. Responses to the Government’s petition for a writ of mandamus or in the alternative a writ of certiorari must be filed by Wednesday, December 13, 2017 at 4:00 p.m. JUSTICE BREYER, with whom JUSTICE GINSBURG, JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR, and JUSTICE KAGAN join, dissenting from grant of stay. (Detached opinion).

Application (17A570) referred to the Court.

Reply of applicants United States, et al. filed.

Response to application from respondents Garcia, Dulce, et al. filed.

Response to application from respondents California, et al. filed.

Response to application from respondent United States District Court for the Northern District of California filed.

Response to application (17A570) requested by Justice Kennedy, due Wednesday, December 6, 2017, by 4 p.m. ET.

Application (17A570) for a stay pending the disposition of the petition for a writ of mandamus, submitted to Justice Kennedy.

Petition for a writ of mandamus filed. (Response due January 2, 2018)

United States, et al., Petitioner, represented by Noel J. Francisco

Dulce Garcia, Miriam Gonzalez Avila, Saul Jimenez Suarez, Viridiana Chabolla Mendoza, Norma Ramirez, and Jirayut Latthivongskorn, Respondent, represented by Theodore J. Boutrous Jr.

Regents of the University of California and Janet Napolitano in her official capacity as President of the University of California, Respondent, represented by Robert Allen Long Jr.

State of California, Respondent, represented by Michael James Mongan

Legal Scholars, Amicus Curiae, represented by Darren Seiji Teshima

Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc., and Public Citizen, Inc., Amicus Curiae, represented by Michael E. Wall

The State of Texas, Amicus Curiae, represented by Scott A. Keller