Decided

No. 23-1270

Pierre Yassue Nashun Riley v. Pamela Bondi, Attorney General

from the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit

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Docket Entries

Judgment Issued.

Judgment VACATED and case REMANDED. Alito, J., delivered the <a href = 'https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24pdf/23-1270_new_3dq3.pdf'>opinion</a> of the Court, in which Roberts, C. J., Thomas, Kavanaugh, and Barrett, JJ., joined in full, and in which Sotomayor, Kagan, Gorsuch, and Jackson, JJ., joined only as to Part II–B. Thomas, J., filed a concurring opinion. Sotomayor, J., filed an opinion dissenting in part, in which Kagan and Jackson, JJ., joined in full, and in which Gorsuch, J., joined except as to Part IV.

Argued. For petitioner: Keith Bradley, Denver, Colo. For respondent in support of petitioner: Ephraim McDowell, Assistant to the Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. For Court-appointed amicus curiae in support of the judgment below: Stephen J. Hammer, Dallas, Tex.

Reply of petitioner Pierre Yassue Nashun Riley filed. (Distributed)

Reply of respondent Pamela Bondi, Attorney General, in support of petitioner filed. (Distributed)

Motion for divided argument filed by the Acting Solicitor General GRANTED.

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

Motion for divided argument filed by the Acting Solicitor General.

CIRCULATED

Brief amicus curiae of Court-appointed amicus curiae in support of the judgment below filed. (Distributed)

Record requested from the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.

SET FOR ARGUMENT on Monday, March 24, 2025.

Motion to seal the appendix to the petition for a writ of certiorari, and for leave to file the joint appendix under seal, with redacted copies for the public record GRANTED.

Brief amicus curiae of Pacific Legal Foundation filed.

Brief amici curiae of Civil Procedure and Federal Courts Professors filed.

Brief amicus curiae of Juan E. Mendez filed.

Brief amici curiae of Administrative Law Professors filed.

Brief amicus curiae of Center for Litigation and Courts in support of neither party filed.

Brief amici curiae of Constitutional Accountability Center and National Immigration Litigation Alliance filed.

Brief amici curiae of Immigration Legal Service Providers filed.

Brief amici curiae of American Immigration Lawyers Association and American Immigration Council filed.

Brief of respondent Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General in support of petitioner filed.

Joint appendix (2 volumes redacted) filed. (Statement of costs filed)

Brief of petitioner Pierre Riley filed.

Motion to seal the appendix to the petition, and for leave to file the joint appendix under seal with redacted copies for the public record filed by petitioner Pierre Riley. (January 21, 2025 - electronic file of motion only).

Motion to extend the time to file the briefs on the merits granted. The time to file the joint appendix, petitioner's brief on the merits, and respondents' brief supporting petitioner on the merits is extended to and including January 3, 2025. The time to file the brief of Court-appointed amicus curiae in support of the judgment below is extended to and including February 18, 2025.

Letter withdrawing motion (December 3, 2024) of Former U.S. Attorneys General filed.

Motion for an extension of time to file the briefs on the merits filed. (December 10, 2024)

Motion for leave to participate in oral argument and for divided argument of Former U.S. Attorneys General withdrawn by counsel of record.

Brief amici curiae of Former U.S. Attorneys General in support of neither party filed.

Stephen J. Hammer, Esquire, of Dallas, Texas, is invited to brief and argue this case, as amicus curiae, in support of the judgment below.

Letter to Clerk of Former U.S. Attorneys General not accepted for filing. (November 25, 2024)

Petition GRANTED limited to the questions presented by the respondent's brief.

Motion of Former U.S. Attorneys General for leave to participate in oral argument and for divided argument not accepted for filing. (November 25, 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.

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/1/2024.

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/18/2024.

Reply of petitioner Pierre Riley filed. (Distributed)

Brief of respondent Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General filed.

Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including September 13, 2024.

Motion to extend the time to file a response from August 5, 2024 to September 13, 2024, submitted to The Clerk.

Brief amici curiae of Former U.S. Attorneys General filed. VIDED

Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including August 5, 2024.

Motion to extend the time to file a response from July 5, 2024 to August 5, 2024, 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 this case should be submitted in paper form only, and should not be submitted through the Court's electronic filing system.

Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due July 5, 2024)

Parties

Pierre Riley, Petitioner, represented by Keith Bradley

Pamela Bondi, Attorney General, Respondent, represented by D. John Sauer

Amici Curiae

Administrative Law Professors, Amicus Curiae, represented by Zachary D. Tripp

American Immigration Lawyers Association and American Immigration Council, Amicus Curiae, represented by Sharon Kathleen Hogue

Center for Litigation and Courts, Amicus Curiae, represented by Scott William Dodson

Civil Procedure and Federal Courts Professors, Amicus Curiae, represented by Jennifer Dale Bennett

Constitutional Accountability Center and National Immigration Litigation Alliance, Amicus Curiae, represented by Brianne Jenna Gorod

Court-appointed amicus curiae in support of the judgment below, Amicus Curiae, represented by Stephen J. Hammer

Former U.S. Attorneys General, Amicus Curiae, represented by R. Trent McCotter

Immigration Legal Service Providers, Amicus Curiae, represented by Tobias Samuel Loss-Eaton

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

Juan E. Mendez, Amicus Curiae, represented by David Morris Gossett

Pacific Legal Foundation, Amicus Curiae, represented by Damien Michael Schiff

 
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