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Velazquez v. Garland

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Docket No. Op. Below Argument Opinion Vote Author Term
23-929 10th Cir. Nov 12, 2024
 TBD TBD TBD OT 2024

Issue: Whether, when a noncitizen's voluntary-departure period ends on a weekend or public holiday, a motion to reopen filed the next business day is sufficient to avoid the penalties for failure to depart under 8 U.S.C. § 1229c(d)(1).

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DateProceedings and Orders (key to color coding)
Feb 23 2024Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due March 28, 2024)
Feb 23 2024Pursuant 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.
Mar 20 2024Motion to extend the time to file a response from March 28, 2024 to April 29, 2024, submitted to The Clerk.
Mar 21 2024Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including April 29, 2024.
Apr 17 2024Motion to extend the time to file a response from April 29, 2024 to May 15, 2024, submitted to The Clerk.
Apr 18 2024Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including May 15, 2024.
May 15 2024Brief of respondent Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General in opposition filed.
Jun 03 2024Reply of petitioner Hugo Abisai Monsalvo Velazquez filed. (Distributed)
Jun 04 2024DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/20/2024.
Jun 28 2024DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 7/1/2024.
Jul 02 2024Petition GRANTED.
Jul 02 2024As 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.
Jul 18 2024Motion for an extension of time to file the briefs on the merits filed.
Jul 18 2024Motion to extend the time to file the briefs on the merits granted. The time to file the joint appendix and petitioner's brief on the merits is extended to and including August 22, 2024. The time to file respondent's brief on the merits is extended to and including September 27, 2024.
Jul 24 2024Motion to dispense with printing the joint appendix filed by petitioner Hugo Abisai Monsalvo Velazquez.
Jul 26 2024SET FOR ARGUMENT on Tuesday, November 12, 2024.
Aug 09 2024Record requested from the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit.
Aug 12 2024Record received electronically from the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit and available with the Clerk.
Aug 22 2024Brief of petitioner Hugo Abisai Monsalvo Velazquez filed.
Aug 29 2024Brief amici curiae of The Round Table of Former Immigration Judges filed.
Aug 29 2024Brief amicus curiae of American Immigration Lawyers Association filed.
Aug 29 2024Brief amicus curiae of Thomas Fuller Ogden filed.
Sep 06 2024Motion to dispense with printing the joint appendix filed by petitioner GRANTED.
Sep 27 2024Brief of respondent Merrick B.Garland, Attorney General filed. (Distributed)
Oct 01 2024CIRCULATED
Oct 28 2024Reply of petitioner Hugo Abisai Monsalvo Velazquez filed. (Distributed)
Nov 12 2024Argued. For petitioner: Gerard J. Cedrone, Boston, Mass. For respondent: Anthony A. Yang, Assistant to the Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C.