| No. 23-334 | |
| Title: | Department of State, et al., Petitioners v. Sandra Muñoz, et al. |
| Docketed: | September 29, 2023 |
| Lower Ct: | United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit |
| Case Numbers: | (21-55365) |
| Decision Date: | October 5, 2022 |
| Rehearing Denied: | July 14, 2023 |
| Questions Presented | |
| Date | Proceedings and Orders |
| Sep 29 2023 | Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due October 30, 2023) |
| Petition | |
| Sep 29 2023 | 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. |
| Oct 17 2023 | Motion to extend the time to file a response from October 30, 2023 to November 29, 2023, submitted to The Clerk. |
| Oct 18 2023 | Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including November 29, 2023. |
| Nov 28 2023 | Brief of respondents Sandra Muñoz, et al. in opposition filed. |
| Main Document | |
| Dec 13 2023 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/5/2024. |
| Dec 13 2023 | Reply of petitioners Department of State, et al. filed. (Distributed) |
| Main Document | |
| Jan 08 2024 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/12/2024. |
| Jan 12 2024 | Petition GRANTED limited to Questions 1 and 2 presented by the petition. |
| Jan 12 2024 | 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. |
| Feb 16 2024 | SET FOR ARGUMENT on Tuesday, April 23, 2024. |
| Feb 20 2024 | Brief of petitioners Department of State, et al. filed. |
| Main DocumentProof of Service | |
| Feb 20 2024 | Joint appendix filed. (Statement of cost filed.) |
| Main DocumentProof of Service | |
| Feb 21 2024 | Record requested from the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. |
| Feb 26 2024 | Brief amicus curiae of Immigration Reform Law Institute filed. |
| Main DocumentCertificate of Word CountProof of Service | |
| Mar 21 2024 | Brief of respondents Sandra Muñoz, et al. filed. |
| Main DocumentProof of ServiceCertificate of Word Count | |
| Mar 27 2024 | CIRCULATED |
| Mar 27 2024 | Brief amicus curiae of HIAS Inc. filed. (Distributed) |
| Main DocumentCertificate of Word CountProof of Service | |
| Mar 27 2024 | Brief amicus curiae of Public Citizen filed. (Distributed) |
| Main DocumentCertificate of Word CountProof of Service | |
| Mar 28 2024 | Brief amici curiae of International Refugee Assistance Project, et al. filed. (Distributed) |
| Main DocumentProof of ServiceCertificate of Word Count | |
| Mar 28 2024 | Brief amici curiae of 35 Members of Congress filed. (Distributed) |
| Main DocumentCertificate of Word CountProof of Service | |
| Mar 28 2024 | Brief amici curiae of ACLU, et al. filed. (Distributed) |
| Main DocumentCertificate of Word CountProof of Service | |
| Mar 28 2024 | Brief amici curiae of United States Conference of Catholic Bishops and Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Inc. filed. (Distributed) |
| Main DocumentCertificate of Word CountProof of Service | |
| Mar 28 2024 | Brief amici curiae of The American Immigration Lawyers Association and The American Immigration Council filed. (Distributed) |
| Main DocumentCertificate of Word CountProof of Service | |
| Mar 28 2024 | Brief amici curiae of Former Consular Officers filed. (Distributed) |
| Main DocumentCertificate of Word CountProof of Service | |
| Mar 28 2024 | Brief amici curiae of Migrant Rights Initiative, et al. filed. (Distributed) |
| Main DocumentCertificate of Word CountProof of Service | |
| Mar 28 2024 | Brief amici curiae of Immigration Law and History Scholars filed. (Distributed) |
| Main DocumentCertificate of Word CountProof of Service | |
| Mar 28 2024 | Brief amici curiae of Professors and Scholars filed. (Distributed) |
| Main DocumentCertificate of Word CountProof of Service | |
| Mar 28 2024 | Brief amicus curiae of HEAL Refugee Health and Asylum Collaborative filed. (Distributed) |
| Main DocumentCertificate of Word CountProof of Service | |
| Mar 28 2024 | Brief amici curiae of Former Department of Homeland Security Officials filed. (Distributed) |
| Main DocumentCertificate of Word CountProof of Service | |
| Mar 28 2024 | Brief amici curiae of Fred T. Korematsu Center for Law and Equality, et al. filed. (Distributed) |
| Main DocumentProof of ServiceCertificate of Word Count | |
| Mar 28 2024 | Brief amicus curiae of The American Bar Association filed. (Distributed) |
| Main DocumentCertificate of Word CountProof of Service | |
| Apr 02 2024 | Record received electronically from the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and available with the Clerk. |
| Apr 12 2024 | Reply of petitioners Department of State, et al. filed. (Distributed) |
| Main DocumentProof of Service | |
| Apr 23 2024 | Argued. For petitioners: Curtis E. Gannon, Deputy Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. For respondents: Eric T. Lee, Southfeld, Mich. |
| Jun 21 2024 | Judgment REVERSED and case REMANDED. Barrett, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Roberts, C. J., and Thomas, Alito, and Kavanaugh, JJ., joined. Gorsuch, J., filed an opinion concurring in the judgment. Sotomayor, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which Kagan and Jackson, JJ., joined. |
| Jul 23 2024 | Judgment Issued. |
| Main Document |
| 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: Department of State, et al. | ||
| Attorneys for Respondents | ||
| Eric Thompson Lee Counsel of Record | Diamante Law Group 24225 W 9 Mile Suite 140 Southfield, MI 48033 elee@diamantelaw.com | 213-943-4555 |
| Party name: Sandra Muñoz, et al. | ||
| Charles G. Roth | National Immigrant Justice Center 111 West Jackson Blvd., Suite 800 Chicago, IL 60604 croth@immigrantjustice.org | 3126601613 |
| Party name: Sandra Muñoz, et al. | ||
| Keren Hart Zwick | National Immigrant Justice Center 111 W. Jackson Blvd., Suite 800 Chicago, IL 60604 kzwick@immigrantjustice.org | 3126601364 |
| Party name: Sandra Muñoz, et al. | ||
| Other | ||
| Amer Shahid Ahmed Counsel of Record | Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP 200 Park Avenue New York, NY 10166 aahmed@gibsondunn.com | (212) 351-2427 |
| Party name: United States Conference of Catholic Bishops and Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Inc. | ||
| Nadia Anguiano Counsel of Record | Federal Immigration Litigation Clinic James H. Binger Center for New Americans, University of Minnesota Law School 229 19th Ave. S. Minneapolis, MN 55455 angui010@umn.edu | (612) 301-8653 |
| Party name: Professors and Scholars | ||
| Noah Butsch Baron | Asian Americans Advancing Justice-AAJC 1620 L Street NW Suite 1050 Washington, DC 200036 nbaron@advancingjustice-aajc.org | 6098021874 |
| Party name: Fred T. Korematsu Center for Law and Equality, Asian Americans Advancing Justice AAJC, et. al. | ||
| Lauren Elizabeth Bateman Counsel of Record | Public Citizen Litigation Group 1600 20th Street NW Washington, DC 20009 lbateman@citizen.org | 202-588-1000 |
| Party name: Public Citizen | ||
| Daniel Antonio Galindo Counsel of Record | American Civil Liberties Union 125 Broad Street 18th Floor New York, NY 10004 dgalindo@aclu.org | 6468420933 |
| Party name: AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION, ACLU OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, ACLU OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA, AND ACLU OF SAN DIEGO AND IMPERIAL COUNTIES | ||
| Jeffrey Scott Ginsberg Counsel of Record | Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP 1133 Avenue of the Americas New York, NY 10036 jginsberg@pbwt.com | 212-336-2000 |
| Party name: Former Department of Homeland Security Officials | ||
| Christopher J. Hajec Counsel of Record | Immigration Reform Law Institute 25 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Suite 335 Washington, DC 20001 CHAJEC@IRLI.ORG | 202-232-5590 |
| Party name: Immigration Reform Law Institute | ||
| Melissa S. Keaney Counsel of Record | International Refugee Assistance Project One Battery Park Plaza, 33rd Floor New York, NY 10004 mkeaney@refugeerights.org | 9165466125 |
| Party name: International Refugee Assistance Project | ||
| Ian Matthew Kysel Counsel of Record | Cornell Law School Transnational Disputes Clinic Cornell Law School 159 Hughes Hall Ithaca, NY 14853 Ian.kysel@cornell.edu | 6072555503 |
| Party name: MIGRANT RIGHTS INITIATIVE AND IMMIGRATION, INTERNATIONAL, AND COMPARATIVE LAW SCHOLARS | ||
| Erin Marie Meyer Counsel of Record | Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP 7 World Trade Center 250 Greenwich Street New York, NY 10007 erin.meyer@wilmerhale.com | (212) 230-8800 |
| Party name: 35 Members of Congress | ||
| 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: Former Consular Officers | ||
| Deanna Marie Rice Counsel of Record | O'Melveny & Myers, LLP 1625 Eye Street, NW Washington, DC 20006 derice@omm.com | 202-383-5300 |
| Party name: Immigration Law and History Scholars | ||
| Charles Rothfeld Counsel of Record | Mayer Brown LLP 1999 K St NW Washington, DC 20006 crothfeld@mayerbrown.com | 202-263-3000 |
| Party name: The American Immigration Lawyers Association and The American Immigration Council | ||
| Benjamin Gross Shatz Counsel of Record | Manatt, Phelps, & Phillips, LLP 2049 Century Park East Suite 1700 Los Angles, CA 90067-3119 bshatz@manatt.com | 3103124383 |
| Party name: HIAS Inc. | ||
| Mary L. Smith Counsel of Record | 321 North Clark Street Chicago, IL 60654 AmicusBriefs@americanbar.org | 312-988-5000 |
| Party name: The American Bar Association | ||
| Corey Lynn Stoughton Counsel of Record | Selendy Gay PLLC 1290 Avenue of the Americas New York, NY 10104 cstoughton@selendygay.com | 2123909000 |
| Party name: Fred T. Korematsu Center for Law and Equality, Asian Americans Advancing Justice AAJC, et. al. | ||
| David Meir Zionts Counsel of Record | Covington & Burlington LLP 850 Tenth Street, NW Washington, DC 20001 dzionts@cov.com | (202) 662-5987 |
| Party name: HEAL Refugee Health and Asylum Collaborative | ||