JUDGMENT ISSUED.

Judgment REVERSED and case REMANDED. Kagan, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Roberts, C. J., and Scalia, Kennedy, Ginsburg, Breyer, Alito, and Sotomayor, JJ., joined. Thomas, J., filed a dissenting opinion.

Argued. For petitioner: Mark C. Fleming, Boston, Mass. For respondent in support of reversal and remand: Anthony A. Yang, Assistant to the Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. For amicus curiae in support of judgment below: William R. Peterson, Houston, Tex. (Appointed by this Court.)

Reply of petitioner Noel Reyes Mata filed. (Distributed)

Reply of respondent Eric H. Holder, Jr., Attorney General filed. (Distributed)

Motion for divided argument filed by respondent GRANTED.

Motion for divided argument filed by respondent Eric H. Holder, Jr., Attorney General.

Brief of Court-appointed amicus curiae in support of the judgment below filed. (Distributed)

CIRCULATED.

Brief amici curiae of The American Immigration Council, et al. filed.

SET FOR ARGUMENT ON Wednesday, April 29, 2015

Brief amicus curiae of National Immigrant Justice Center filed.

Brief of respondent Eric H. Holder, Jr., Attorney General supporting reversal and remand filed.

Brief of petitioner Noel Reyes Mata filed.

Deferred appendix filed. (Statement of costs filed.)

Petition GRANTED. William Peterson, Esquire, of Houston, Texas, is invited to brief and argue this case, as amicus curiae, in support of the judgment below.

Record received from U.S.C.A. 5th Circuit. The record is electronic.

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of January 16, 2015.

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of January 9, 2015.

Reply of petitioner Noel Reyes Mata filed.

Brief of respondent Eric H. Holder, Jr., Attorney General filed.

Order further extending time to file response to petition to and including November 17, 2014.

Order extending time to file response to petition to and including October 17, 2014.

Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due September 17, 2014)

Noel Reyes Mata, Petitioner, represented by Raed Gonzalez

Noel Reyes Mata, Petitioner, represented by Mark C. Fleming

Court-appointed amicus curiae in support of the judgment below, Respondent, represented by William R. Peterson

Loretta E. Lynch, Attorney General, Respondent, represented by Donald B. Verrilli Jr.

Loretta E. Lynch, Attorney General, Respondent, represented by Anthony Alan Yang

National Immigrant Justice Center, Amicus Curiae, represented by Charles Roth

The American Immigration Council, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Ira J. Kurzban