| No. 19-161 | |
| Title: | Department of Homeland Security, et al., Petitioners v. Vijayakumar Thuraissigiam |
| Docketed: | August 5, 2019 |
| Linked with 18A1219 | |
| Lower Ct: | United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit |
| Case Numbers: | (18-55313) |
| Decision Date: | March 7, 2019 |
| Questions Presented | |
| Date | Proceedings and Orders |
| May 24 2019 | 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. |
| May 24 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. |
| May 24 2019 | Application (18A1219) granted by Justice Kagan extending the time to file until July 5, 2019. |
| Jun 25 2019 | Application (18A1219) to extend further the time from July 5, 2019 to August 4, 2019, submitted to Justice Kagan. |
| Jun 26 2019 | Application (18A1219) granted by Justice Kagan extending the time to file until August 4, 2019. |
| Aug 02 2019 | Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due September 4, 2019) |
| PetitionProof of Service | |
| Sep 04 2019 | Brief of respondent Vijayakumar Thuraissigiam in opposition filed. |
| Main DocumentCertificate of Word CountProof of Service | |
| Sep 18 2019 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/11/2019. |
| Sep 19 2019 | Reply of petitioners Department of Homeland Security, et al. filed. (Distributed) |
| Certificate of Word CountMain Document | |
| Oct 15 2019 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/18/2019. |
| Oct 18 2019 | Petition GRANTED. |
| Oct 18 2019 | 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. |
| Oct 30 2019 | Motion for an extension of time to file the briefs on the merits filed. |
| Main Document | |
| Nov 21 2019 | 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. |
| Nov 26 2019 | SET FOR ARGUMENT on Monday, March 2, 2020. |
| Dec 09 2019 | Joint appendix filed. |
| Main DocumentProof of Service | |
| Dec 09 2019 | Brief of petitioners Department of Homeland Security, et al. filed. |
| Main DocumentCertificate of Word Count | |
| Dec 09 2019 | Proposal of petitioners to lodge copies of transcript hearing held before immigration judge on March 17, 2017, filed. |
| Main Document | |
| Dec 16 2019 | Brief amicus curiae of Immigration Reform Law Institute filed. |
| Main DocumentCertificate of Word CountProof of Service | |
| Dec 16 2019 | Brief amici curiae of The States of Arizona, et al. filed. |
| Main DocumentCertificate of Word CountProof of Service | |
| Dec 16 2019 | Brief amicus curiae of Criminal Justice Legal Foundation filed. |
| Main DocumentProof of ServiceCertificate of Word Count | |
| Jan 09 2020 | Record requested from the U.S.C.A. 9th Circuit. |
| Jan 09 2020 | 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. |
| Jan 10 2020 | 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. |
| Jan 15 2020 | Brief of respondent Vijayakumar Thuraissigiam filed. |
| Main DocumentCertificate of Word CountProof of Service | |
| Jan 21 2020 | CIRCULATED |
| Jan 22 2020 | Brief amici curiae of Immigration Scholars filed. (Distributed) |
| Main DocumentOtherCertificate of Word CountProof of Service | |
| Jan 22 2020 | Brief amici curiae of Professors Of Sri Lankan Politics filed. (Distributed) |
| Main DocumentCertificate of Word CountProof of Service | |
| Jan 22 2020 | Brief amici curiae of Immigration and Human Rights Organizations filed. (Distributed) |
| Main DocumentCertificate of Word CountProof of Service | |
| Jan 22 2020 | Brief amicus curiae of American Bar Association filed. (Distributed) |
| Main DocumentCertificate of Word CountProof of Service | |
| Jan 22 2020 | Brief amici curiae of Scholars of the Law of Habeas Corpus filed. (Distributed) |
| Main DocumentCertificate of Word CountProof of Service | |
| Jan 22 2020 | Brief amici curiae of Asylum Law Professors filed. (Distributed) |
| Main DocumentCertificate of Word CountProof of Service | |
| Jan 22 2020 | Brief amici curiae of Legal Historians filed. (Distributed) |
| Main DocumentCertificate of Word CountProof of Service | |
| Jan 22 2020 | Brief amici curiae of International Lawyers filed. (Distributed) |
| Main DocumentCertificate of Word CountProof of Service | |
| Jan 22 2020 | Brief amici curiae of The States of Illinois, et al. filed. (Distributed) |
| Main DocumentProof of ServiceCertificate of Word Count | |
| Feb 14 2020 | Reply of petitioners Department of Homeland Security, et al. filed. (Distributed) |
| Main DocumentProof of Service | |
| Mar 02 2020 | Argued. For petitioners: Edwin S. Kneedler, Deputy Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. For respondent: Lee Gelernt, New York, N. Y. |
| Mar 05 2020 | Lodging proposal of petitioners approved by the Clerk. |
| Mar 06 2020 | Lodging of petitioners consisting of a redacted transcript in related case filed. (Distributed) |
| Main Document | |
| Jun 25 2020 | 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. |
| Jul 27 2020 | JUDGMENT ISSUED. |
| NAME | ADDRESS | PHONE |
| Attorneys for Petitioners | ||
| Noel John Francisco Counsel of Record | Jones Day 51 Louisiana Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20001 njfrancisco@jonesday.com | (202) 879-3939 |
| Party name: Department of Homeland Security, et al. | ||
| Attorneys for Respondent | ||
| Lee Gelernt Counsel of Record | American Civil Liberties Union 125 Broad St. New York, NY 10004-2400 lgelernt@aclu.org | 2125492616 |
| Party name: Vijayakumar Thuraissigiam | ||
| Other | ||
| Roy T. Englert Jr. Counsel of Record | Robbins, Russell, Englert, Orseck & Untereiner LLP 2000 K Street, N.W 4th Floor Washington, DC 20006 renglert@robbinsrussell.com | 2027754503 |
| Party name: Asylum Law Professors | ||
| Rusty Duane Crandell Counsel of Record | Office of the Attorney General, State of Arizona 2005 N. Central Avenue Phoenix, AZ 85004 Rusty.Crandell@azag.gov | 6025428540 |
| Party name: The States of Arizona, Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, Indiana, Louisiana, Nebraska, South Carolina, South Dakota, and Texas | ||
| Curtis F. J. Doebbler Counsel of Record | The Law Office of Dr Curtis FJ Doebbler 159 West Drexel Avenue San Antonio, TX 78210 cdoebbler@gmail.com | 2107800054 |
| Party name: International Lawyers | ||
| Lawrence J. Joseph Counsel of Record | Law Office of Lawrence J. Joseph 1250 Connecticut Avenue, NW Suite 700-1A Washington, DC 20036 ljoseph@larryjoseph.com | 2023559452 |
| Party name: Immigration Reform Law Institute | ||
| Noah Adam Levine Counsel of Record | Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale & Dorr LLP 7 World Trade Center 250 Greenwich Street New York, NY 10007 noah.levine@wilmerhale.com | 212-230-8875 |
| Party name: Scholars of the Law of Habeas Corpus | ||
| Joshua Seth Lipshutz Counsel of Record | Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP 1050 Connecticut Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20036 jlipshutz@gibsondunn.com | 202-955-8217 |
| Party name: Immigration Scholars | ||
| Judy Perry Martinez Sr. Counsel of Record | Simon Peragine et al. 1100 Poydras Street 30th Floor, Energy Centre New Orleans, LA 70163-3000 AmicusBriefs@americanbar.org | 312-988-5000 |
| Party name: American Bar Association | ||
| Anton Metlitsky Counsel of Record | O'Melveny & Myers, LLP Times Square Tower, 7 Times Square New York, NY 10036 ametlitsky@omm.com | 2123262000 |
| Party name: Legal Historians | ||
| Jane Elinor Notz Counsel of Record | Office of the Attorney General, State of Illinois 100 West Randolph Street, 12th Floor Chicago, IL 60601 jnotz@atg.state.il.us | 312-814-5376 |
| Party name: The States of Illinois, et al. | ||
| Matthew Eben Price Counsel of Record | Jenner & Block, LLP 1099 New York Ave. NW, Suite 900 Washington, DC 20001 MPrice@jenner.com | 202-639-6873 |
| Party name: Immigration and Human Rights Organizations | ||
| Anjali Srinivasan Counsel of Record | Keker, Van Nest & Peters LLP 633 Battery Street San Francisco, CA 94111 asrinivasan@keker.com | 415-391-5400 |
| Party name: Professors Of Sri Lankan Politics | ||
| Kymberlee Claire Stapleton Counsel of Record | Criminal Justice Legal Foundation 2131 L Street Sacramento, CA 95816 kym.stapleton@cjlf.org | 916-446-0345 |
| Party name: Criminal Justice Legal Foundation | ||