Decided

No. 20-979

Pankajkumar S. Patel, et al. v. Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General

from the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

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Docket Entries

JUDGMENT ISSUED

Adjudged to be AFFIRMED. Barrett, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Roberts, C. J., and Thomas, Alito, and Kavanaugh, JJ., joined. Gorsuch, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which Breyer, Sotomayor, and Kagan, JJ., joined.

Argued. For petitioners: Mark C. Fleming, Boston, Mass. For respondent in support: Austin L. Raynor, Assistant to the Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. For Court-appointed amicus curiae in support of the judgment below: Taylor A.R. Meehan, Chicago, Ill.

Reply of petitioners Pankajkumar S. Patel, et al. filed. (Distributed)

Reply of respondent Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General filed. (Distributed)

Record received from the 11th Circuit. The record is Sealed and filed electronically.

Motion for divided argument filed by respondent GRANTED.

CIRCULATED

Motion for divided argument filed by respondent Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General.

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

The record from the U.S.C.A. 11th Circuit is electronic and located on Pacer, also the record has been received and has been electronically filed.

Record requested from the U.S.C.A. 11th Circuit.

SET FOR ARGUMENT on Monday, December 6, 2021.

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

Brief amici curiae of National Immigration Litigation Alliance filed.

Brief amici curiae of Former Executive Office for Immigration Review Judges filed.

Brief amici curiae of Law Professors filed.

Brief amicus curiae of American Immigration Lawyers Association filed.

Brief of petitioners Pankajkumar S. Patel, et al. filed.

Brief of respondent Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General in support filed.

Motion to dispense with printing the joint appendix filed by petitioner GRANTED.

Motion to extend the time to file the briefs on the merits granted. The time to file the joint appendix and the petitioners' brief on the merits is extended to and including August 31, 2021. The time to file the brief of the Court-appointed amicus curiae in support of the judgment below is extended to and including October 19, 2021.

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

Motion to dispense with printing the joint appendix filed by petitioners Pankajkumar S. Patel, et al.

Taylor A.R. Meehan, Esquire, of Chicago, Illinois, is invited to brief and argue this case, as amicus curiae, in support of the judgment below.

Petition GRANTED limited to Question 1 presented by the petition.

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.

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/24/2021.

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/17/2021.

Reply of petitioners Pankajkumar S. Patel, et al. filed. (Distributed)

Brief of respondent Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General filed.

Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including March 24, 2021.

Motion to extend the time to file a response from February 22, 2021 to March 24, 2021, submitted to The Clerk.

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 filng system.

Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due February 22, 2021)

Parties

Pankajkumar S. Patel, et al., Petitioner, represented by Mark Christopher Fleming

Pankajkumar S. Patel, et al., Petitioner, represented by Ira Jay Kurzban

Court-appointed amicus curiae in support of the judgment below, Respondent, represented by Taylor Ann Rausch Meehan

Amici Curiae

American Immigration Lawyers Association, Amicus Curiae, represented by Rebecca A. Sharpless

American Immigration Lawyers Association, Amicus Curiae, represented by Romy Louise Lerner

Former Executive Office for Immigration Review Judges, Amicus Curiae, represented by Richard W. Mark

Law Professors, Amicus Curiae, represented by Holly Lee Henderson-Fisher

National Immigration Litigation Alliance, Amicus Curiae, represented by Mary Anne Kenney

The American Immigration Council, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Kathleen Roberta Hartnett

 
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