| No. 20-322 | |
| Title: | Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General, et al., Petitioners v. Esteban Aleman Gonzalez, et al. |
| Docketed: | September 11, 2020 |
| Lower Ct: | United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit |
| Case Numbers: | (18-16465) |
| Decision Date: | April 7, 2020 Rule 12.4 |
| Questions Presented | |
| Date | Proceedings and Orders |
| Sep 04 2020 | Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due October 13, 2020) |
| PetitionAppendixAppendixCertificate of Word Count | |
| Sep 22 2020 | Motion to extend the time to file a response from October 13, 2020 to December 14, 2020, submitted to The Clerk. |
| Main Document | |
| Sep 24 2020 | Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including December 14, 2020. |
| Oct 13 2020 | Brief amicus curiae of Immigration Reform Law Institute filed. |
| Main DocumentCertificate of Word CountProof of Service | |
| Dec 08 2020 | Motion to extend the time to file a response from December 14, 2020 to January 13, 2021, submitted to The Clerk. |
| Main Document | |
| Dec 10 2020 | Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted in part; time is extended to and including December 16, 2020. |
| Dec 16 2020 | Brief of respondents Esteban A. Gonzalez, et al. in opposition filed. |
| Main DocumentCertificate of Word CountProof of Service | |
| Dec 21 2020 | Letter waiving the 14-day waiting period for the distribution of the petition pursuant to Rule 15.5 filed. |
| Dec 23 2020 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/8/2021. |
| Jul 01 2021 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 7/1/2021. |
| Aug 23 2021 | Petition GRANTED. In addition to the question presented by the petition, the parties are directed to brief and argue the following question: Whether, under 8 U. S. C. § 1252(f)(1), the courts below had jurisdiction to grant classwide injunctive relief. |
| Sep 28 2021 | Motion for an extension of time to file the briefs on the merits filed. |
| Main Document | |
| Oct 01 2021 | 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 October 14, 2021. The time to file respondent's brief on the merits is extended to and including November 22, 2021. |
| Oct 06 2021 | Motion to dispense with printing the joint appendix filed by petitioner Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General, et al. |
| Proof of ServiceMain Document | |
| Oct 14 2021 | Brief of petitioners Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General, et al. filed. |
| Proof of ServiceMain Document | |
| Oct 18 2021 | Motion to dispense with printing the joint appendix filed by petitioners GRANTED. |
| Oct 21 2021 | Brief amicus curiae of Immigration Reform Law Institute filed. |
| Main DocumentCertificate of Word CountProof of Service | |
| Nov 17 2021 | ARGUMENT SET FOR Tuesday, January 11, 2022. |
| Nov 17 2021 | Record requested from the U.S.C.A. 9th Circuit. |
| Nov 17 2021 | the record from the 9th Circuit is electronic and located on Pacer. |
| Nov 22 2021 | Brief of respondents Esteban A. Gonzalez, et al. filed. |
| Main DocumentCertificate of Word CountProof of Service | |
| Nov 24 2021 | Brief amici curiae of Asian-Americans Advancing Justice-Asian Law Caucus, et al. filed (also in 19-896). VIDED. |
| Main DocumentOtherCertificate of Word CountProof of Service | |
| Nov 29 2021 | Brief amici curiae of Retired Federal Judges filed. |
| Main DocumentCertificate of Word CountProof of Service | |
| Nov 29 2021 | Brief amici curiae of Former Immigration Judges and Board of Immigration Appeals Members filed (also in 19-896). VIDED. |
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| Nov 29 2021 | Brief amici curiae of Law Professors filed. |
| Main DocumentCertificate of Word CountProof of Service | |
| Nov 29 2021 | Brief amicus curiae of Constitutional Accountability Center filed (also in 19-896). VIDED. |
| Main DocumentCertificate of Word CountProof of Service | |
| Dec 08 2021 | CIRCULATED |
| Dec 22 2021 | Reply of petitioners Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General, et al. filed. (Distributed) |
| Main DocumentCertificate of Word Count | |
| Jan 11 2022 | Argued. For petitioners: Curtis E. Gannon, Deputy Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. For respondents: Matthew H. Adams, Seattle, Wash. |
| Jun 13 2022 | Judgment REVERSED and case REMANDED. Alito, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Roberts, C. J., and Thomas, Gorsuch, Kavanaugh, and Barrett, JJ., joined. Sotomayor, J., filed an opinion concurring in the judgment in part and dissenting in part, in which Kagan, J., joined, and in which Breyer, J., joined as to Parts II–A–2, II–B–2, and III. |
| Jul 15 2022 | JUDGMENT ISSUED |
| NAME | ADDRESS | PHONE |
| Attorneys for Petitioners | ||
| Elizabeth B. Prelogar Counsel of Record | Solicitor General United States Department of Justice 950 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20530-0001 SupremeCtBriefs@USDOJ.gov | 202-514-2217 |
| Party name: Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General, et al. | ||
| Attorneys for Respondents | ||
| Matthew Hyrum Adams Counsel of Record | Northwest Immigrant Rights Project 615 Second Avenue Suite 400 Seattle, WA 98104 matt@nwirp.org | 206-957-8611 |
| Party name: Esteban A. Gonzalez, et al. | ||
| Ahilan T. Arulanantham | ACLU Foundation of Southern CA 1313 West 8th Street Los Angeles, CA 90017 aarulanantham@aclusocal.org | 213-977-5211 |
| Party name: Esteban A. Gonzalez, et al. | ||
| Michael Bryan Kaufman | ACLU Foundation of Southern California 1313 West Eighth Street Los Angeles, CA 90017 MKaufman@aclusocal.org | (213) 977-5232 |
| Party name: Esteban A. Gonzalez, et al. | ||
| Other | ||
| Samir Ibrahim Deger-Sen Counsel of Record | Latham and Watkins LLP 1271 Avenue of the Americas New York, NY 10020 samir.deger-sen@lw.com | 2129064619 |
| Party name: Law Professors | ||
| Brianne Jenna Gorod Counsel of Record | Constitutional Accountability Center 1200 18th Street, NW Suite 501 Washington, DC 20036 brianne@theusconstitution.org | 202 296 6889 |
| Party name: Constitutional Accountability Center | ||
| 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 | ||
| Joshua Adam Matz Counsel of Record | Kaplan Hecker & Fink LLP 350 Fifth Avenue, 63rd Floor New York, NY 10118 jmatz@kaplanhecker.com | (212) 763-0883 |
| Party name: Retired Federal Judges | ||
| Nancy Morawetz Counsel of Record | Washington Square Legal Services, Inc. 245 Sullivan street 5th Floor New York, NY 10012 nancy.morawetz@nyu.edu | (212) 998-6430 |
| Party name: Asian-Americans Advancing Justice-Asian Law Caucus, et al | ||
| Joseph Russell Palmore Counsel of Record | Morrison & Foerster LLP 2100 L Street, NW Suite 900 Washington, DC 20037 jpalmore@mofo.com | 202-887-6940 |
| Party name: Former Immigration Judges and Board of Immigration Appeals Members | ||