| No. 21-1436 | |
| Title: | Leon Santos-Zacaria, aka Leon Santos-Sacarias, Petitioner v. Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General |
| Docketed: | May 12, 2022 |
| Linked with 21A565 | |
| Lower Ct: | United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit |
| Case Numbers: | (19-60355) |
| Decision Date: | January 10, 2022 |
| Questions Presented | |
| Date | Proceedings and Orders |
| Mar 30 2022 | Application (21A565) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from April 20, 2022 to May 20, 2022, submitted to Justice Alito. |
| Mar 30 2022 | 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. |
| Apr 03 2022 | Application (21A565) granted by Justice Alito extending the time to file until May 10, 2022. |
| May 10 2022 | Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due June 13, 2022) |
| PetitionAppendixProof of ServiceCertificate of Word Count | |
| Jun 07 2022 | Motion to extend the time to file a response from June 13, 2022 to July 13, 2022, submitted to The Clerk. |
| Jun 09 2022 | Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including July 13, 2022. |
| Jul 11 2022 | Motion to extend the time to file a response from July 13, 2022 to August 12, 2022, submitted to The Clerk. |
| Jul 12 2022 | Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including August 12, 2022. |
| Aug 12 2022 | Brief of respondent Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General in opposition filed. |
| Main DocumentCertificate of Word Count | |
| Aug 30 2022 | Reply of petitioner Leon Santos-Zacaria filed. (Distributed) |
| Main DocumentCertificate of Word CountProof of Service | |
| Aug 31 2022 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/28/2022. |
| Oct 03 2022 | Petition GRANTED. |
| Oct 03 2022 | 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. |
| Nov 10 2022 | SET FOR ARGUMENT on Tuesday, January 17, 2023. |
| Nov 16 2022 | Record requested from the U.S.C.A. 5th Circuit. |
| Nov 17 2022 | Brief of petitioner Leon Santos-Zacaria filed. |
| Main DocumentCertificate of Word CountProof of Service | |
| Nov 17 2022 | Joint appendix filed (statement of costs filed). |
| Main DocumentProof of Service | |
| Nov 23 2022 | Brief amici curiae of Constitutional Accountability Center and National Immigration Litigation Alliance filed. |
| Main DocumentCertificate of Word CountProof of Service | |
| Nov 23 2022 | Brief amici curiae of Former Immigration Judges, et al. in support of neither party filed. |
| Main DocumentCertificate of Word CountProof of Service | |
| Nov 23 2022 | Brief amici curiae of Legal Services Providers filed. |
| Main DocumentCertificate of Word CountProof of Service | |
| Dec 07 2022 | CIRCULATED |
| Dec 07 2022 | Record received from the U.S.C.A. 5th Circuit. The record was transmitted electronically and contains sealed materials. |
| Dec 19 2022 | Brief of respondent Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General filed. (Distributed) |
| Main DocumentCertificate of Word Count | |
| Jan 05 2023 | Reply of petitioner Leon Santos-Zacaria filed. (Distributed) |
| Main DocumentCertificate of Word CountProof of Service | |
| Jan 17 2023 | Argued. For petitioner: Paul W. Hughes, Washington, D. C. For respondent: Yaira Dubin, Assistant to the Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. |
| May 11 2023 | Adjudged to be VACATED IN PART, and case REMANDED. Jackson, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Roberts, C. J., and Sotomayor, Kagan, Gorsuch, Kavanaugh, and Barrett, JJ., joined. Alito, J., filed an opinion concurring in the judgment, in which Thomas, J., joined. |
| Jun 12 2023 | Judgment issued. |
| Main Document |
| NAME | ADDRESS | PHONE |
| Attorneys for Petitioner | ||
| Paul Whitfield Hughes Counsel of Record | McDermott Will & Emery 500 North Capitol Street, NW Washington, DC 20001 PHughes@mwe.com | (202) 756-8981 |
| Party name: Leon Santos-Zacaria | ||
| Attorneys for Respondent | ||
| 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: Garland, Attorney General | ||
| Other | ||
| Dan L. Bagatell Counsel of Record | Perkins Coie LLP 3 Weatherby Road Hanover, NH 03755 dbagatell@perkinscoie.com | 6023518250 |
| Party name: Former Immigration Judges and Former Members of the Board of Immigration Appeals | ||
| Mark Christopher Fleming Counsel of Record | WilmerHale 60 State Street Boston, MA 02109 mark.fleming@wilmerhale.com | (617) 526-6000 |
| Party name: Legal Services Providers | ||
| 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 & National Immigration Litigation Alliance | ||