Decided

No. 20-303

United States v. Jose Luis Vaello Madero

from the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit

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Docket Entries

Judgment Issued

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

Argued. For petitioner: Curtis E. Gannon, Deputy Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. For respondent: Hermann Ferré, New York, N. Y.

Motion for leave to file amicus brief out of time filed by Gregorio Igartua DENIED.

Motion for leave to file amicus brief out of time filed by Gregorio Igartua.

Reply of petitioner United States of America filed. (Distributed)

CIRCULATED

ARGUMENT SET FOR Tuesday, November 9, 2021.

Brief amicus curiae of League of United Latin American Citizens filed.

Brief amicus curiae of Senate of Puerto Rico filed.

Brief amicus curiae of Medicaid and Medicare Advantage Products Association of Puerto Rico filed.

Brief amicus curiae of Government of the U.S. Virgin Islands filed.

Brief amicus curiae of U.S. Citizens for Equal Protection, Inc. filed.

Brief amicus curiae of Hon. Jenniffer A. Gonzalez Colon, Resident Commissioner for Puerto Rico filed.

Brief amici curiae of National Disability Rights Network, et al. filed.

Brief amici curiae of American Civil Liberties Union Foundation, et al. filed.

Brief amici curiae of The District of Columbia, Guam, and 16 other states and territories. filed.

Brief amici curiae of Puerto Rico Governor Pedro Pierluisi and the New Progressive Party filed.

Brief amici curiae of Plaintiffs in Peña Martínez v. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services filed.

Brief amicus curiae of Virgin Islands Bar Association filed.

Brief amicus curiae of University of Puerto Rico Law School Amicus Justitiae Probono Project filed.

Brief amicus curiae of Members of the Congressional Shadow Delegation of Puerto Rico filed. (Distributed)

Brief amicus curiae of American Bar Association filed.

Brief amici curiae of Puerto Rico House of Representatives filed.

Brief amici curiae of Public Benefits Scholars filed.

Brief amici curiae of LatinoJustice PRLDEF, et al. filed.

Brief amicus curiae of Diálogo Por Puerto Rico filed.

Brief amici curiae of AARP, AARP Foundation, Justice in Aging, National Organization of Social Security Claimants’ Representatives filed.

Brief amici curiae of The Service Employees International Union (SEIU), et al., filed.

Brief amicus curiae of Commonwealth of Puerto Rico filed.

Blanket Consent filed by Respondent, Jose Luis Vaello-Madero

Blanket Consent filed by Petitioner, United States of America

Brief of respondent Jose Luis Vaello-Madero filed.

Brief amici curiae of Plaintiff in Ruiz-Aviles v. SSA, et al. filed.

Informative of Gregorio Igartua not accepted for filing. (July 23, 2021 - not type of document to be submitted electronically).

Joint appendix filed. (Statement of cost filed.)

Brief amicus curiae of Interamerican Institute for Constitutional Rights in support of neither party filed.

Brief of petitioner United States of America filed.

Motion for a further extension of time to file the briefs on the merits granted. The time to file the joint appendix and petitioner's brief on the merits is further extended to and including June 7, 2021. The time to file respondent's brief on the merits is further extended to and including August 30, 2021.

Letter of supplement to request for further extension of time filed.

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

Joint 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 June 1, 2021. The time to file respondent's brief on the merits is extended to and including August 16, 2021.

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

Petition GRANTED.

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/26/2021.

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/19/2021.

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/22/2021.

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/15/2021.

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/8/2021.

Reply of petitioner United States of America filed. (Distributed)

Brief amicus curiae of Carlos Delgado Altieri, Mayor of the Municipality of Isabela, Puerto Rico filed.

Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including November 9, 2020.

Motion to extend the time to file a response from October 9, 2020 to November 9, 2020, submitted to The Clerk.

Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due October 9, 2020)

Parties

Jose Luis Vaello-Madero, Respondent, represented by Hermann Ferre

Amici Curiae

AARP, AARP Foundation, Justice in Aging, National Organization of Social Security Claimants’ Representatives, Amicus Curiae, represented by Barbara A. Jones

American Bar Association, Amicus Curiae, represented by Reginald M. Turner Jr.

American Bar Association, Amicus Curiae, represented by Geoffrey M. Wyatt

American Civil Liberties Union Foundation, Amicus Curiae, represented by Adriel I. Cepeda Derieux

Carlos Delgado Altieri, Mayor of the Municipality of Isabela, Puerto Rico, Amicus Curiae, represented by Jose A. Hernandez-Mayoral

Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Amicus Curiae, represented by Carlos Lugo-Fiol

Diálogo Por Puerto Rico, Amicus Curiae, represented by Jesus R. Rabell-Mendez

Hon. Jenniffer A. Gonzalez Colon, Resident Commissioner for Puerto Rico, Amicus Curiae, represented by Veronica Ferraiuoli Hornedo

Interamerican Institute for Constitutional Rights, Amicus Curiae, represented by Manuel Del Valle

LatinoJustice PRLDEF, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Hector Torres

League of United Latin American Citizens, Amicus Curiae, represented by Paul Robert Koster

Medicaid and Medicare Advantage Products Association of Puerto Rico, Amicus Curiae, represented by Roberto Luis Prats Palerm

Members of the Congressional Shadow Delegation of Puerto Rico, Amicus Curiae, represented by John F. Nevares

National Disability Rights Network, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Archie Jennings Jr.

Plaintiff in Ruiz-Aviles v. SSA et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Isabel Abislaiman

Public Benefits Scholars, Amicus Curiae, represented by E. Joshua Rosenkranz

Puerto Rico Governor Pedro Pierluisi and the New Progressive Party, Amicus Curiae, represented by Lisa Schiavo Blatt

Puerto Rico House of Representatives, Amicus Curiae, represented by Jorge Martinez-Luciano

Senate of Puerto Rico, Amicus Curiae, represented by Edwin Quinones

The District of Columbia, Guam, and 16 other states and territories., Amicus Curiae, represented by Caroline Sage Van Zile

The Service Employees International Union (SEIU), et al.,, Amicus Curiae, represented by Nicole G. Berner

University of Puerto Rico Amicus Justitiae Probono Project, Amicus Curiae, represented by Hiram Alberto Melendez-Juarbe

U.S. Citizens for Equal Protection, Inc., Amicus Curiae, represented by Jose R. Gonzalez-Irizarry

U.S. Virgin Islands, Amicus Curiae, represented by Geoffrey Paul Eaton

Virgin Islands Bar Association, Amicus Curiae, represented by Dwyer Stenquist Arce

 
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