Certiorari Granted

No. 25-429

Todd Blanche, Acting Attorney General v. Muk Choi Lau

from the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

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Docket Entries

Reply of petitioner filed. (Distributed)

CIRCULATED

Brief amici curiae of Immigration Law Professors filed. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund, et al. filed. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of American Immigration Lawyers Association, et al. filed. (Distributed)

Brief of respondent Muk Lau filed.

Record received electronically from the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit and available with the Clerk.

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

Brief amicus curiae of Federation for American Immigration Reform filed.

Brief for the petitioner filed.

Joint appendix filed.

SET FOR ARGUMENT on Wednesday, April 22, 2026.

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.

Petition GRANTED.

Reply of petitioner Pamela Bondi filed. (Distributed)

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/9/2026.

Brief of respondent Muk Lau in opposition filed.

Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including December 8, 2025.

Motion to extend the time to file a response from November 7, 2025 to December 8, 2025, submitted to The Clerk.

Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due November 7, 2025)

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.

Parties

Pamela Bondi, Petitioner, represented by D. John Sauer

Muk Lau, Respondent, represented by Shay Dvoretzky

Amici Curiae

Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund, Asian Americans Advancing Justice | AAJC, LatinoJustice PRLDEF, and Immigrant Defense Project, Amicus Curiae, represented by Alan Evan Schoenfeld

Federation for American Immigration Reform, Amicus Curiae, represented by Christopher J. Hajec

Immigration Law Professors, Amicus Curiae, represented by Carolyn Frances Corwin

The American Immigration Lawyers Association and the American Immigration Counsel, Amicus Curiae, represented by Lauren Margaret Blas

 
Last updated: April 18, 2026