Decided

No. 19-161

Department of Homeland Security, et al. v. Vijayakumar Thuraissigiam

from the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

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Docket Entries

JUDGMENT ISSUED.

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

Lodging of petitioners consisting of a redacted transcript in related case filed. (Distributed)

Lodging proposal of petitioners approved by the Clerk.

Argued. For petitioners: Edwin S. Kneedler, Deputy Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. For respondent: Lee Gelernt, New York, N. Y.

Reply of petitioners Department of Homeland Security, et al. filed. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of Professors Of Sri Lankan Politics filed. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of Immigration Scholars filed. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of The States of Illinois, et al. filed. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of International Lawyers filed. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of Legal Historians filed. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of Asylum Law Professors filed. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of Scholars of the Law of Habeas Corpus filed. (Distributed)

Brief amicus curiae of American Bar Association filed. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of Immigration and Human Rights Organizations filed. (Distributed)

CIRCULATED

Brief of respondent Vijayakumar Thuraissigiam filed.

The record of the U.S.D.C. Southern District of California is electronic and available on PACER. SEALED documents electronically received by the Clerk.

Record requested from the U.S.C.A. 9th Circuit.

The record of the U.S.C.A. 9th Circuit is available on PACER. The SEALED record material has been electronically received by the Clerk.

Brief amicus curiae of Criminal Justice Legal Foundation filed.

Brief amici curiae of The States of Arizona, et al. filed.

Brief amicus curiae of Immigration Reform Law Institute filed.

Proposal of petitioners to lodge copies of transcript hearing held before immigration judge on March 17, 2017, filed.

Brief of petitioners Department of Homeland Security, et al. filed.

Joint appendix filed.

SET FOR ARGUMENT on Monday, March 2, 2020.

Motion to extend the time to file the briefs on the merits granted. The time to file the joint appendix and petitioner's brief on the merits is extended to and including December 9, 2019. The time to file respondent's brief on the merits is extended to and including January 15, 2020.

Motion for an extension of time to file the briefs on the merits filed.

As Rule 34.6 provides, “If the Court schedules briefing and oral argument in a case that was governed by Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 5.2(c) or Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 49.1(c), the parties shall submit electronic versions of all prior and subsequent filings with this Court in the case, subject to [applicable] redaction rules.” Subsequent party and amicus filings in the case should now be submitted through the Court’s electronic filing system, with any necessary redactions.

Petition GRANTED.

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/18/2019.

Reply of petitioners Department of Homeland Security, et al. filed. (Distributed)

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/11/2019.

Brief of respondent Vijayakumar Thuraissigiam in opposition filed.

Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due September 4, 2019)

Application (18A1219) granted by Justice Kagan extending the time to file until August 4, 2019.

Application (18A1219) to extend further the time from July 5, 2019 to August 4, 2019, submitted to Justice Kagan.

Application (18A1219) granted by Justice Kagan extending the time to file until July 5, 2019.

Pursuant to Rule 34.6 and Paragraph 9 of the Guidelines for the Submission of Documents to the Supreme Court's Electronic Filing System, filings in this case should be submitted in paper form only, and should not be submitted through the Court's electronic filing system.

Application (18A1219) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from June 5, 2019 to July 5, 2019, submitted to Justice Kagan.

Parties

Department of Homeland Security, et al., Petitioner, represented by Noel John Francisco

Vijayakumar Thuraissigiam, Respondent, represented by Lee Gelernt

Amici Curiae

American Bar Association, Amicus Curiae, represented by Judy Perry Martinez Sr.

Asylum Law Professors, Amicus Curiae, represented by Roy T. Englert Jr.

Criminal Justice Legal Foundation, Amicus Curiae, represented by Kymberlee Claire Stapleton

Immigration and Human Rights Organizations, Amicus Curiae, represented by Matthew Eben Price

Immigration Reform Law Institute, Amicus Curiae, represented by Lawrence J. Joseph

Immigration Scholars, Amicus Curiae, represented by Joshua Seth Lipshutz

International Lawyers, Amicus Curiae, represented by Curtis F. J. Doebbler

Legal Historians, Amicus Curiae, represented by Anton Metlitsky

Scholars of the Law of Habeas Corpus, Amicus Curiae, represented by Noah Adam Levine

The States of Arizona, Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, Indiana, Louisiana, Nebraska, South Carolina, South Dakota, and Texas, Amicus Curiae, represented by Rusty Duane Crandell

The States of Illinois, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Jane Elinor Notz

 
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