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Judgment REVERSED and case REMANDED. Gorsuch, J., delivered the <a href = 'https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25pdf/24-1056_qn12.pdf'>opinion</a> of the Court, in which Roberts, C. J., and Thomas, Sotomayor, Kagan, Kavanaugh, Barrett, and Jackson, JJ., joined. Alito, J., filed a dissenting opinion.
Argued. For petitioner: Adam G. Unikowsky, Washington, D. C. For respondent: Joshua K. Handell, Assistant to the Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C.
Reply of petitioner Isabel Rico filed. (Distributed)
CIRCULATED
Motion to dispense with printing the joint appendix filed by petitioner GRANTED.
Record received electronically from the United States District Court for the Central District of California and available with the Clerk.
Brief of respondent United States filed.
Sealed material received electronically from the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and available with the Clerk. The remainder of the record is electronic and is available on PACER.
Brief amicus curiae of Roderick & Solange MacArthur Justice Center filed.
Brief amicus curiae of National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers filed.
Record requested from the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
Brief amicus curiae of Due Process Institute filed.
Brief amicus curiae of National Association of Federal Defenders filed.
Brief of petitioner Isabel Rico filed.
SET FOR ARGUMENT on Monday, November 3, 2025.
Motion to dispense with printing the joint appendix filed by petitioner Isabel Rico.
Petition GRANTED.
Reply of petitioner Isabel Rico filed. (Distributed)
Waiver of the 14-day waiting period for the distribution of the petition pursuant to Rule 15.5 filed by petitioner.
Brief of respondent United States in opposition filed.
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including June 6, 2025.
Motion to extend the time to file a response from May 7, 2025 to June 6, 2025, submitted to The Clerk.
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due May 7, 2025)
Isabel Rico, Petitioner, represented by Adam G. Unikowsky
United States, Respondent, represented by D. John Sauer
Due Process Institute, Amicus Curiae, represented by Vincent J. Brunkow
National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Amicus Curiae, represented by Adeel Mohammad Bashir
National Association of Federal Defenders, Amicus Curiae, represented by Jacob David Schuman
Roderick & Solange MacArthur Justice Center, Amicus Curiae, represented by Devi Maheswari Rao