Decided

No. 19-863

Agusto Niz-Chavez v. Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General

from the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

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Docket Entries

JUDGMENT ISSUED.

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

Argued. For petitioner: David Zimmer, Boston, Mass. For respondent: Anthony A. Yang, Assistant to the Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C.

Reply of petitioner Agusto Niz-Chavez filed. (Distributed)

Brief amicus curiae of Immigration Reform Law Institute filed. (Distributed)

Brief of respondent William P. Barr, Attorney General filed. (Distributed)

Motion to extend the time to file respondent's brief on the merits granted and the time is extended to and including September 25, 2020.

Motion for an extension of time to file respondent's brief on the merits filed.

CIRCULATED

Record of the U.S.C.A.6th Circuit electronically received.

Record requested from the U.S.C.A. 6th Circuit.

SET FOR ARGUMENT on Monday, November 9, 2020.

Brief amici curiae of American Immigration Lawyers Association, The American Immigration Council, Legal Services Providers filed.

Brief amicus curiae of National Immigrant Justice Center filed.

Brief amici curiae of Thirty-Three Former Immigration Judges and Members of the Board of Immigration Appeals filed.

Brief of petitioner Agusto Niz-Chavez filed.

Joint appendix filed. (Statement of costs filed)

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 August 6, 2020. The time to file respondent's brief on the merits is extended to and including September 21, 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 6/4/2020.

Letter of May 20, 2020 from counsel for petitioner filed.

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/28/2020.

Reply of petitioner Agusto Niz-Chavez filed.

Letter of May 1, 2020 from the Solicitor General filed.

Motion to delay distribution of the petition for a writ of certiorari until May 12, 2020, granted.

Motion of petitioner to delay distribution of the petition for a writ of certiorari under Rule 15.5 from April 28, 2020 to May 12, 2020, submitted to The Clerk.

Brief of respondent William P. Barr, Attorney General in opposition filed.

Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including April 10, 2020.

Motion to extend the time to file a response from March 11, 2020 to April 10, 2020, submitted to The Clerk.

Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including March 11, 2020.

Motion to extend the time to file a response from February 10, 2020 to March 11, 2020, 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 ths case should be submitted in paper form only, and should not be submitted through the Court's electronic filing systesm.

Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due February 10, 2020)

Parties

Agusto Niz-Chavez, Petitioner, represented by David Jacob Zimmer

Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General, Respondent, represented by Elizabeth B. Prelogar

Amici Curiae

American Immigration Lawyers Association, The American Immigration Council, Legal Services Providers, Amicus Curiae, represented by Holly Lee Henderson-Fisher

Immigration Reform Law Institute, Amicus Curiae, represented by Christopher J. Hajec

National Immigrant Justice Center, Amicus Curiae, represented by Zachary Charles Schauf

Thirty-Three Former Immigration Judges and Members of the Board of Immigration Appeals, Amicus Curiae, represented by Richard W. Mark

 
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